Breastfeeding

This report - the largest of its kind to date - draws on the experiences of over 8,500 women and 300 health professionals across eight countries. It exposes the aggressive marketing practices used by the formula milk industry, and highlights impacts on families’ decisions about how to feed their babies and young children. Add your name to #…

Take action today, including:, Add your name to #EndExploitativeMarketing Share the findings on social media with graphics and video Watch the report release video Read the report How the Marketing of Formula Milk Influences Our Decisions on Infant Feeding

The Global Breastfeeding Collective has developed an advocacy brief outlining seven actions that stakeholders, donors, and governments can take to improve access to skilled breastfeeding counselling. This document is a companion to that brief, providing a compendium of current examples of how individual countries, programmes and initiatives have …

Global Breastfeeding Scorecard 2021, Protecting Breastfeeding Through Bold National Actions During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond The Global Breastfeeding Scorecard examines national performance on key indicators of the seven policy priorities. The Scorecard is designed to encourage and document progress on the promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding.   Organization…

This training package aligns with health strategies aimed at improving infant and young child feeding, by allowing you to create a customized training package that will respond directly to the specific learning needs of your health workers. The training modules cover a range of topics, including breastfeeding, complementary feeding, growth…, Participant's manual Trainer's guide Course handouts August 2021, Directors guideSecond edition INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING COUNSELLING: AN INTEGRATED COURSE Directors guideSecond edition INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING COUNSELLING: AN INTEGRATED COURSE Infant and young child feeding counselling: an integrated course. Directors guide, second edition ISBN 978-92-4-003169-2 (electronic version) ISBN 978-92-4-…

This Operational Guidance on Breastfeeding Counselling in Emergencies (OG-BFC/E) is a pragmatic guide which covers key considerations and potential adaptations when applying WHO’s 2018 guidelines in an emergency setting. This guidance is intended to be used by policymakers and other decision makers and programmers working in emergencies (both…

This document provides global guidance for implementing the recommendations outlined in the WHO guideline ‘Counselling of Women to Improve Breastfeeding Practices’. The core purpose of this document is to ensure that all women receive high quality breastfeeding counselling through ensuring that breastfeeding counselling programmes meet mothers’…

Midwives and nurses play a vital role in protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding worldwide. Skilled breastfeeding support from midwives and nurses helps prevent childhood infections and mortality, while boosting cognitive development and decreasing rates of obesity, diabetes and maternal and child cancers. This Advocacy Brief was…

Tools for building better breastfeeding counselling programmes Learn about newly introduced tools and resources to support implementation of recommendations on providing skilled breastfeeding counselling to all women during the first thousand days of their children’s lives.  Resources include: Implementation Guidance on Counselling Women to…, Agenda, Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 14:00-15:30 UTC , Time (UTC) Topic and Speaker 14:00 Welcome and introductions: Grainne Moloney, UNICEF (moderator) 14:04 Introductory remarks: Dr. Victor Aguayo, UNICEF 14:09 Keynote presentation (recorded): Natasha Bilimoria, USAID 14:16 Video: Mother’s perspectives on breastfeeding counselling, featuring mothers from around the world 14:22 Presentation on…, Wednesday, 4 August 2021, 6:00-7:30 UTC , Time (UTC) Topic and Speaker 6:00 Welcome and introductions:     Rukhsana Haider, Training and Assistance for Health & Nutrition Foundation (moderator) 6:04 Introductory remarks: Dr. Naoko Yamamoto, WHO 6:09 Keynote presentation (recorded): Natasha Bilimoria, USAID 6:16 Video: Mother’s perspectives on breastfeeding counselling, featuring…, Speakers, Grainne Moloney profile photo Grainne Moloney, Grainne Moloney is a Senior Advisor at the UNICEF HQ in New York and leads the unit on Early Childhood Nutrition which includes breastfeeding, complementary feeding and prevention and treatment of micronutrients deficiencies in the 0-5years age group. Previously Grainne worked in the UNICEF East and Southern Africa regional office on prevention…, Rukhsana Haider profile photo Rukhsana Haider, Rukhsana Haider, MBBS, MSc, PhD, FABM, is a physician, a public health nutritionist and a skilled breastfeeding counsellor. She is the Founder and Chairperson of the Training and Assistance for Health & Nutrition Foundation (TAHN), in Bangladesh, and Co-Chair of the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) Steering Committee. She has…, Dr. Victor Aguayo profile photo Dr. Victor Aguayo, Dr. Victor Aguayo is UNICEF Director for Nutrition. His work is guided by the belief that hunger and malnutrition are a violation of children’s rights. He has 30 years of research, policy, program, and humanitarian experience in Maternal and Child Nutrition in Latin America, Africa, Asia and globally. A public health doctor, Victor Aguayo…, Dr. Naoko Yamamoto profile photo Dr Naoko Yamamoto, Dr Naoko Yamamoto is WHO’s Assistant Director-General for Universal Health Coverage - Healthier Populations. Previously, she also held the role of WHO’s Assistant Director-General for Universal Health Coverage and Health Systems. Dr Yamamoto brings nearly 30 years of experience working on health. She served as Senior Assistant Minister for Global…, Natasha Bilimoria, Natasha Bilimoria serves as the Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Bureau of Global Health at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). She has over twenty years of experience working in multilateral institutions, non-profit organizations and government on government affairs, strategic planning, policy and communications. Most…, Laurence M Grummer profile photo Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn, Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn, MPA, MA, PhD is the unit head of the Food and Nutrition Actions in Health Systems unit at the World Health Organization. He coordinates WHO work on infant and young child nutrition, treatment of acute malnutrition, and prevention of micronutrient deficiencies. Until December 2014, he served as chief of the Nutrition…, Fatmata Fatima Sesay profile photo Fatmata Fatima Sesay, Fatmata Fatima Sesay is a Nutrition Specialist, Infant Feeding with UNICEF HQ in New York. She has 15 years of experience in Maternal, Infant, and Young Child and Micronutrient Nutrition in both development and humanitarian settings. Fatmata holds an MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a BSc and an MSc…, Dr. Ma del Carmen Casanovas Vargas profile photo Dr. Ma del Carmen Casanovas Vargas, Dr Ma del Carmen Casanovas Vargas is a Bolivian paediatrician with a master’s in public health. She has been trained in lactation management and has been training health professionals, other health workers and community workers on lactation management, infant and young child feeding as well as breastfeeding counselling. She has many years of…, Isabelle Modigell profile photo Isabelle Modigell, Isabelle Modigell is the lead author of the Operational Guidance: Breastfeeding Counselling in Emergencies, which she worked on closely with Linda Shaker Berbari on behalf of ENN and the IFE Core Group. She is an IYCF-E specialist with a public health background and over eight years’ experience working in diverse humanitarian contexts across three…, Carole Kenner profile photo Carole Kenner, Carole Kenner, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, ANEF is the Chief Executive Officer, Council of International Neonatal Nurses, Inc. (COINN) and Carol Kuser Loser Dean and Professor at The College of New Jersey School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science. Dr. Kenner received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Cincinnati, and both a…, Theresa Shaver profile photo Theresa Shaver, Theresa Shaver is Senior Maternal and Newborn Health Advisor in the Office of Maternal Child Health and Nutrition at USAID. Theresa is a globally recognized nurse-midwife with more than 35 years of experience in international health program management and implementation focused primarily on maternal, newborn and reproductive health. She is a…, Dr Leah Greenspan profile photo Dr. Leah Greenspan, Dr. Leah Greenspan is a board certified Pediatrician and Neonatologist. She has worked clinically in the Washington DC area for almost 20 years. Dr. Greenspan has extensive experience working in Global Health with a focus on newborn health in Sub Saharan Africa and Asia. Prior to joining the team at USAID, she worked with multiple NGOs as a Senior…, Lesley Oot profile photo Lesley Oot, Lesley Oot, MPH is an Associate Director of Alive & Thrive (A&T), a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded global nutrition initiative that seeks to save lives, prevent illness, and ensure healthy growth of mothers and children. Ms. Oot is a global health professional with more than 10 years of experience providing programmatic and…, Altrena Mukuria profile photo Altrena Mukuria, Altrena Mukuria, DrPH, CLS, is a Senior Technical Advisor with Save the Children working on USAID Advancing Nutrition. She is a seasoned global health specialist with over 30 years’ experience working in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Altrena conducted her doctoral studies in public health at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public…, Michelle Buckner profile photo Michelle Buckner, Michelle Buckner is the mother of 3 breastfeed children, holds a degree in Social Work, was a La Leche League Leader for 15 years and currently coordinates the Breastfeeding Buddies Program in Waterloo Region, Canada. Michelle has been supporting women and families for 20 years, has spoken at conferences across Canada on the topic of peer…, Hector Menendez profile photo Hector (Romeo) Menendez, Hector (Romeo) Menendez is an Ob-Gyn Medical Doctor, who graduated from San Carlos University of Guatemala. He is Past President of the Guatemalan Ob-Gyn Association, and a member of several regional ob-gyn associations. He has served as coordinator of the ALARM International Program; a member of the “Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health Committee”…, Nathalie Likhite profile photo Nathalie Likhite, Nathalie Likhite is Senior Social and Behavioural Change Advisor with the Alive & Thrive initiative in West Africa since 2019. She provides technical leadership and support in social and behavioural change (SBC) to Alive & Thrive’s activities in Burkina Faso and West Africa, as well as to regional partnerships to improve maternal, infant…, Maria Teresa Hernández Aguilar profile photo Maria-Teresa Hernández-Aguilar, Maria-Teresa Hernández-Aguilar (Maite) volunteers her work since 2007, for IHAN-Spain (Association for Humanizing Perinatal Assistance and Human Lactation) which is the not-for-profit association that runs the Baby-Friendly Initiative in Spain (BFHI-Spain). She graduated as a Medical Doctor from the Spanish Complutense University (Madrid), is a…, Dr. Mona Alsumaie profile photo Dr. Mona Alsumaie, Dr. Mona Alsumaie is a Pediatrician, Senior Nutritionist, and IBCLC. Her current position is the Director of Nutrition Education and Community Nutrition Promotion Department of the Public Authority of Food and Nutrition, Kuwait. Her major responsibilities and other positions are: The Coordinator of the Kuwait Maternal, Infant and Young Child…, Dr. Mary Waiyego profile photo Dr. Mary Waiyego, Dr. Mary Waiyego is a neonatologist at Kenyatta National Hospital, a national referral and teaching hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. Prior to her current position, she worked for Pumwani Maternity Hospital (PMH) where she served as paediatrician from 2013 to 2016, and neonatologist and team leader from 2018 to 2020. While at Pumwani Maternity Hospital…, Nisha Sharma, Nisha Sharma, Research Manager for Helen Keller International, is a public health professional with ten years of experience in public health research, monitoring and evaluating child nutrition programs in Nepal. She is passionate about improving nutrition of young children. She currently works as Research Manager for Helen Keller International’s…, Duong-Vu-profile-photo Duong Vu, Duong Vu, Alive & Thrive Southeast Asia, Viet Nam Program Manager, has a decade of experience in policy advocacy on equitable health financing, domestic resources mobilization in health sectors, partnership building and program management. At Alive & Thrive, Duong leads the development and execution of workplans for policy advocacy,…, Watch the webinar videos, ILCA/UNICEF/WHO, Building Better Breastfeeding Counselling Programmes: New tools for implementation - 3 August 21, ILCA/UNICEF/WHO, Building Better Breastfeeding Counselling Programmes: New tools for implementation - 4 August 21, ILCA/UNICEF/WHO, Why Skilled Breastfeeding Counselling Matters, Global Breastfeeding Collective, إنشاء برامج أفضل لتقديم المشورة في مجال الرضاعة الطبيعية: أدوات جديدة للتطبي, Global Breastfeeding Collective, Concevoir de meilleurs programmes de conseil sur l'allaitement maternel: de nouveaux outils de mise en œuvre, Global Breastfeeding Collective, Создание лучших программ консультаций по грудному вскармливанию. Новые инструменты для внедрения, Global Breastfeeding Collective, Creación de mejores programas de asesoramiento sobre lactancia materna: Nuevas herramientas que pueden implementarse

The Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Year of Action is a year-long roadmap of key events throughout 2021, culminating in the UN FSS in September and the Tokyo N4G Summit. More than ever, this year requires urgent action to curb the wave of global malnutrition arising from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is taking the greatest toll on the most…

Policy action 1 Funding Policy action 2 Code Policy action 3 Workplace Policy action 4 Ten Steps Policy action 5 Counselling Access Policy action 6 Community Links Policy action 7 Monitoring The Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit is a comprehensive collection of advocacy tools and resources aimed at improving policies and financing for the protection…, 让我们使母乳喂养发挥作用, 让我们使母乳喂养发挥作用 请加入全球母乳喂养团体的网络研讨会，庆祝世界母乳喂养周。休产假和工作场所便利设施是营造母乳喂养环境的关键特征。听妈妈们介绍她们如何兼顾工作与母乳喂养的经验，从利用循证政策使母乳喂养发挥作用的国家/地区获得新想法，了解最新的休产假建议，查找支持宣传的资源。  “让我们使母乳喂养发挥作用”网络研讨会的举办时间：  2023 年 8 月 3 日（星期四）  温哥华凌晨 5 点  纽约上午 8 点  拉各斯下午 1 点  日内瓦下午 2 点  印度下午 5:30  悉尼晚上 10 点  在此处查找您所在时区的活动。 提供阿拉伯语、中文、英语、法语、俄语和西班牙语的同声传译。  全球母乳喂养团体是包括世界卫生组织和联合国儿童基金会在内的 20 多个著名国际机构的合作伙伴关系…, Сделаем грудное вскармливание эффективным, Сделаем грудное вскармливание эффективным Присоединяйтесь к вебинару, организованному Глобальной группой в поддержку грудного вскармливания, который посвящен Всемирной неделе грудного вскармливания. Отпуск по беременности и родам и обустройство рабочего места являются критически важными условиями для грудного вскармливания. Вы услышите рассказы……, لنجعل الرضاعة الطبيعية تعمل, لنجعل الرضاعة الطبيعية تعمل يرجى الانضمام إلى التجمع العالمي للرضاعة الطبيعية في ندوة عبر الإنترنت للاحتفال بالأسبوع العالمي للرضاعة الطبيعية. حيث تعتبر إجازة الأمومة ومرافق الرضاعة الطبيعية في مقر العمل من السمات الحاسمة للبيئة التي تمكّن الأمهات من الرضاعة الطبيعية. وذلك لتستمع الى الأمهات وهن يتحدثن عن خبراتهن في الجمع بين العمل والرضاعة… Visit…, Rendons l’allaitement possible, Rendons l’allaitement possible Rejoignez le Collectif mondial pour l'allaitement à l'occasion d'un webinaire pour célébrer la Semaine mondiale de l'allaitement. Le congé de maternité et les aménagements du lieu de travail sont des éléments essentiels d'un environnement propice à l'allaitement. Écoutez les témoignages de mères sur leur expérience……, Hagamos que la lactancia funcione, Hagamos que la lactancia funcione Únete al Colectivo Mundial por la Lactancia en un seminario web para celebrar la Semana Mundial de la Lactancia Materna. La licencia por maternidad y las adaptaciones en el lugar de trabajo son características fundamentales de los entornos que facilitan la lactancia materna. Escucha a madres hablar de sus… Visit…, Let's Make Breastfeeding Work, Let's Make Breastfeeding Work Spanish (Español)           French (Français)           Chinese (中文)       Russian (русский)          Arabic (عربى) Please join the Global Breastfeeding Collective at a webinar to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week. Maternity leave and workplace accommodations are critical features of environments that enable…,…, Share your experience of combining working and breastfeeding, Have you combined working and breastfeeding in the last five years?  The Global Breastfeeding Collective wants to hear your stories of combining work and breastfeeding.   Use your phone and our easy-to-use platform to record a short (30 seconds or less) video sharing:  your strategies for making it work, the challenges you face, and your ideas for…, Clarification on sponsorship of health professional and scientific meetings by companies that market, Companies that market any commercially produced food or beverage product (including complementary foods) specifically for infants and children between 6 and 36 months of age should not sponsor meetings of health professionals and scientific meetings; and health workers, health systems, and health professional associations should not accept… Visit…, Protecting Infant and Young Child Nutrition from Industry Interference and Conflicts of Interest, The baby food industry's interference in policy-making and implementation processes, and the conflicts of interest this creates in health care systems, have limited progress on Code implementation. This clear guide explains the often-hidden processes at work and serves as a call to action for health authorities, health care workers, and… Visit the…, What I Should Know About ‘the Code’, Packed with clear, accessible information, this 20-page guide consolidates the provisions of the Code, WHA resolutions, and the Guidance in one place. It outlines main provisions of these documents and provides specific guidance for four key audiences: governments; manufacturers and distributors; health care systems and health workers; and the……, Extending the Protection: Focusing on 0 to 36 Months, These three resources from WHO outline recommendations for controlling the marketing of foods and beverages targeted toward children under 36 months, specifically addressing the issues of follow-up formulas, growing up milks, and the dangers of cross-promotion of infant formula via labeling as toddler formula. Organization WHO Publication date 14…, What Do You See?, The formula milk industry spends billions every year on marketing, despite an international agreement to restrict marketing, on the basis that formula promotion can have profound and lifelong impacts on children’s health and development. This video exposes how formula milk marketing targets parents during vulnerable moments, including with… Visit…

French Spanish Russian Chinese Arabic Portuguese, Read the Joint Statement, by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes  , Agenda, Online event | 21 May 2021 at 14:00 to 15:30 CEST 07:55 – 07:59 EST                Delegates log into the event using the unique Zoom link provided in advance Delegates connect to the livestream of the event using the link provided in advance 08:00 – 08:03 Welcome and Introductions – Moderator Dr Christoffer van Tulleken 08:04 – 08:06 Opening…, Save-the-date, -- Additional languages available below --, We welcome you to save the date!, Please join us as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (the Code) by the 34 th World Health Assembly. Let’s celebrate our achievements by learning about the Code, and get equipped to take on country-level Code implementation. Hear from leading speakers on: The…, ¡Apúntense la fecha!, Les invitamos a conmemorar con nosotros el 40.º aniversario de la adopción del Código Internacional de Comercialización de Sucedáneos de la Leche Materna (el Código) por la 34.ª Asamblea Mundial de la Salud. Celebremos nuestros logros aprendiendo sobre el Código y dotémonos de los medios necesarios para aplicar el Código en el plano nacional.…, 5月21日，期待您的参与！, 40年前，《国际母乳代用品销售守则》（《守则》）在第三十四届世界卫生大会上通过。2021年5月21日，我们诚邀您参加《守则》的40周年庆祝活动，共同庆祝这一重要时刻。 通过该庆祝活动，与会人员将了解《守则》所取得的成就，并做好准备持续推动《守则》在各国的实施。活动邀请了知名人士就以下主题进行分享： ——《守则》在过去40年中的成就； ——婴幼儿食品行业的营销行为如何影响喂养行为和公共卫生； ——政府如何通过强化执法来规范相关的营销行为； ——在今后数年中加强《守则》和随后相关决议的工具和战略。 让我们共同聆听来自世界各国政府的讨论，包括相关国家出台了哪些战略，以保护母亲和婴儿免受母乳代用品的不当营销和推广手段的影响。同时通过《守则》受益的妈妈们将会分享她们的感人亲身经历。…, Приглашение к участию в мероприятии, Приглашаем к участию в мероприятии, посвященном 40-летию со дня принятия тридцать четвертой сессией Всемирной ассамблеей здравоохранения Международного свода правил по сбыту заменителей грудного молока («Свода правил»). Отметим наши достижения, узнав о Своде правил, и подготовимся к использованию инструментов для его реализации на страновом уровне…, Anote a data, Convidamos a todos a comemorar o 40.º aniversário da adoção do Código Internacional de Comercialização de Substitutos do Leite Materno (Código) pela 34.ª Assembleia Mundial de Saúde. Vamos celebrar nossas conquistas aprendendo sobre o Código e conhecendo os meios necessários para aplicar o Código em nível nacional. Contaremos com palestrantes…