Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit

Investing in Child Nutrition is a free, publicly available online course designed to provide guidance, skills, and practical information to health workers to promote, protect, and support breastfeeding and complementary feeding. The course is available in French and English.   Organization Alive & Thrive Publication date 2019 Language English…

A brief on partnering with Women’s Associations to Advocate for Stronger Infant and Young Child Feeding Policies and Programs with lessons learned.   Organization Alive & Thrive Publication date 2018 Language English Partnering with Women’s Associations to Advocate for Stronger Infant & Young Child Feeding Policies

A chart outlining family leave and parental workplace protections by country, including paid and other leaves and breastfeeding breaks. The tool is available in both tri-fold and A4 format. Summaries of leave and breastfeeding breaks by country are also available by region.   Organization WABA Publication date 2019 Language English Parents at Work…

Breastfeeding gives all children the healthiest start in life. Breastmilk promotes cognitive development and acts as a baby’s first vaccine, providing critical protection from disease and death. Breastfeeding also reduces the burden of childhood and maternal illness, lowering health care costs, creating healthier families and strengthening the…, ADVOCACY BRIEF BREASTFEEDING AND FAMILY-FRIENDLY POLICIESBreastfeeding gives all children the healthiest start in life. Breastmilk promotes cognitive development and acts as a babys first vaccine, providing critical protection from disease and death. Breastfeeding also reduces the burden of childhood and maternal illness, lowering health care…

This guide offers practical tools for country programmes and stakeholders to support advocacy for improving newborn and maternal health and preventing stillbirths. It is especially important in countries with a high burden of newborn and maternal mortality. The document is by no means exhaustive but aims to provide a repository of quick reference…

This report presents the global situation of early initiation of breastfeeding and describes trends over the past ten years. Drawing from an analysis of early initiation rates among babies delivered by skilled birth attendants, the report describes key findings and examines the factors that both help and hinder an early start to breastfeeding. The…

The lives and the health of millions of vulnerable children are at risk from a threat that receives too little attention – the rapid growth of the market for baby milk formula. The unique life-saving and life-enhancing benefits of breastfeeding are proven. However, the global market in breastmilk substitutes is seeing a five-fold increase in two…

WHO and UNICEF launched the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) to help motivate facilities providing maternity and newborn services worldwide to implement the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. The Ten Steps summarize a package of policies and procedures that facilities providing maternity and newborn services should implement to support…

The Business Case for Breastfeeding is a comprehensive program designed to educate employers about the value of supporting breastfeeding employees in the workplace.  The Business Case for Breastfeeding is a comprehensive program designed to educate employers about the value of supporting breastfeeding employees in the workplace. The program…

A brief on the establishment of Viet Nam's first human milk bank in the Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children.   Organization Alive & Thrive | PATH Publication date 2018 Language English Establishing the first Human Milk Bank in Viet Nam

The purpose of this document is to provide operational guidance on HIV and infant feeding in emergencies. It is intended to be used to complement emergency and sectoral guidelines on health, nutrition and HIV, including specifically infant feeding, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and pediatric antiretroviral treatment. The…

This guideline examines the evidence and makes recommendations and remarks on the implementation of some of the details of breastfeeding counselling, such as frequency, timing, mode and provider of breastfeeding counselling, to improve breastfeeding practices. The objective of this guideline is to provide global, evidence-informed recommendations…