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Bookmark or Share- Breastfeeding - World Health Organization (WHO)WHO actively promotes breastfeeding as the best source of nourishment for infants and young children, and is working to increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months up to at least 50% by 2025.
- Breastfeeding - World Health Organization (WHO)Breast milk is the ideal food for newborns and infants. It gives infants all the nutrients they need for healthy development. It is safe and contains antibodies that help protect infants from common childhood illnesses such as diarrhoea and pneumonia, the two primary causes of child mortality worldwide.
- Breastfeeding - World Health Organization (WHO)Babies do not need any food or drink except breast milk, not even water, until they are six months old. This is called exclusive breastfeeding. Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for the first six months of a baby’s life because it gives them the best chance of achieving optimal growth, development and health.
- Nutrition and Food Safety - World Health Organization (WHO)Do not provide breastfed newborns any food or fluids other than breast milk, unless medically indicated. 7. Enable mothers and their infants to remain together and to practise rooming-in 24 hours a day. 8. Support mothers to recognize and respond to their infants’ cues for feeding. 9.
- HIV/AIDS: Infant feeding and nutrition - World Health Organization (WHO)1. Can mothers living with HIV breastfeed their children in the same way as mothers without HIV? 2. Is mixed feeding better than no breastfeeding at all, if the mother is on HIV treatment? 3. If a mother on HIV treatment plans to return to work or school, is a shorter duration of breastfeeding better than no breastfeeding at all? 4. What can be done to support breastfeeding among mothers ...
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