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Bookmark or Share- Infant and young child feeding - World Health Organization (WHO)Breast-milk is also an important source of energy and nutrients in children aged 6–23 months. It can provide half or more of a child’s energy needs between the ages of 6 and 12 months, and one third of energy needs between 12 and 24 months.
- Breastfeeding in the Western Pacific - World Health Organization (WHO)Breastfeeding is the best way of providing young infants with the nutrients they need for healthy growth and development. Virtually, all mothers can breastfeed, provided they have accurate information and the support of their family, the health care system and society at large.
- 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)If you think your baby needs to have more breast milk each day, you can offer breastfeeds more often during the day and overnight and ask a breastfeeding counsellor or health care worker to check your baby’s attachment. Most babies need to breastfeed 8–12 times in 24 hours in the first six months.
- International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk SubstitutesThe 27th World Health Assembly in 1974 noted the general decline in breastfeeding related to different factors including the production of manufactured breast-milk substitutes and urged Member countries to review sales promotion activities on baby foods and to introduce appropriate remedial measures, including advertisement codes and ...
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