Breastfeeding

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4 August 2025

Joint News Release

On World Breastfeeding Week, countries urged to invest in health systems and support breastfeeding mothers

1 August 2025

Joint News Release

Breastfeeding in Indonesia on the rise, but mothers need more support

18 June 2025

Departmental update

Equity and health: the inclusion of pregnant and breastfeeding women in clinical trials

31 July 2024

Statement

On World Breastfeeding Week, UNICEF and WHO call for equal access to breastfeeding support

Campaign

Direct skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn baby in Dr Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital.

World Breastfeeding Week - 1 to 7 August

Our work

Measuring child growth through data

Promoting baby-friendly hospitals

Events

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Building healthcare systems that truly support breastfeeding: new tools for sustainable change

5 – 6 August 2025

2025

World Breastfeeding Week 2025 – Invest in breastfeeding, invest in the future

1 – 7 August 2025

From assessment to action: Implementing WBTi to strengthen national breastfeeding policies

3 July 2025 15:00 – 16:30 CET

Podcasts

Publications

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Global nutrition targets 2030: topical briefs on maternal, infant and young child nutrition

Recognizing that the world is not on track to meet all of the 2025 global nutrition targets, WHO Member States, during the 78th World Health Assembly in...

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Global nutrition targets 2030: breastfeeding brief

Exclusive breastfeeding – defined as the practice of only giving an infant breast-milk for the first 6 months of life (no other food or water) –...

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Infant and young child feeding: model chapter for textbooks for medical students and allied health professionals, 2nd ed.

The Model Chapter, which was first published in 2009, brings together essential knowledge about infant and young child feeding that health professionals...

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Levels and trends in child malnutrition: UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group joint child malnutrition estimates: key findings of the 2025 edition

Child malnutrition estimates for the indicators stunting, severe wasting, wasting and overweight describe the magnitude and patterns of under- and overnutrition. ...

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