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The heads of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for greater access to breastfeeding support to both reduce health inequity and ensure mothers and babies can survive and thrive. more
Breastfeeding: ‘More critical than ever’ start to life

New York: It’s more critical than ever to begin life as a newborn being breastfed, according to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Executive Director of UN Chil ...

COVID-19 not transmitted through breast milk: Study 

New York: As the novel coronavirus continues to spread around the world, so do the concerns of breastfeeding mothers.

Breastfeeding link to COVID-19 is negligible, says World Health Organization

New York: The risk of COVID-19 infection from breastfeeding is negligible and has never been documented, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, in a call for greater support ...

Breastfeeding ‘for a healthier planet’

New York: World Breastfeeding Week got underway on Saturday, with the UN urging communities everywhere to “support breastfeeding for a healthier planet”. Health agency (WHO) a ...

Countries failing to stop harmful marketing of breast-milk substitutes, warn WHO and UNICEF

Geneva: A new report by WHO, UNICEF, and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) reveals that despite efforts to stop the harmful promotion of breast-milk substitutes, countrie ...

When it comes to breastfeeding, ‘timing is everything’ in saving newborn lives – UNICEF chief

New York: Three-in-five babies, mostly born in low- and middle-income countries, are not breastfed within the first hour of life, placing them at higher risk of death and disease, accordi ...

UNICEF urges wealthy countries to encourage more breastfeeding

New York, May 11 (JEN): Babies in wealthy countries are five times more likely to miss out on breastfeeding than those in the under-developed, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UN ...

UN’s advice for hospitals: Help mothers breastfeed to give babies best possible start in life

New York: Breastfeeding within the first hour of birth protects newborns from infections and saves lives, United Nations agencies said at the roll-out of their 10-step guidance to help ne ...

Breastfeeding is 'smartest investment' families, communities and countries can make – UN

New York, Aug 2(Just Earth News): Kicking off World Breastfeeding Week, the United Nations on Tuesday stressed that although breastfeeding has cognitive and health benefits for infants and m ...