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World Breastfeeding Week: WHO highlights

7 August 2018
#WorldBreastfeedingWeek is coming to an end. This is how WHO offices around the world celebrated it. We can ALL help make society breastfeeding-friendly!
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· 31 Jul 2018

It’s ! 🤱🏿🤱🤱🏾🤱🏻🤱🏽🤱🏼 Breast milk provides the perfect source of early nutrition for babies. Support mums anytime, anywhere. We can all help.

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· 3 Aug 2018

: Optimal 🤱🏾could save the lives of over 820 000 children under the age of 5 years each year. Here are more key facts: 🤱🏿🤱🏾🤱🏽🤱🏼🤱🏻🤱

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· 2 Aug 2018

contributes to a lifetime of good health: Adolescents & adults who were breastfed as babies are less likely to be or obese. They are less likely to have type-II and perform better in intelligence tests. 🤱🏻

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· 3 Aug 2018

can be challenging at first, but health workers can help by: -Helping mothers with common problems -Giving practical support -Checking the baby’s positioning, attachment and suckling 🤱🏻

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· 2 Aug 2018

مأمون ونظيف ويحتوي على مضادات الأجسام التي تحمي المولود من كثير من أمراض الطفولة الشائعة. بوسعنا أن نجعل مجتمعنا صديقاً

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· 3 Aug 2018

: In 2006–2012, only ~25% of infants in the WHO European Region were exclusively breastfed (breast milk only) for the first 6 months. This is far below the WHO global recommendation.

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· 2 Aug 2018

Breast milk is the best food and the safest option to ensure good health and growth of young children

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· 1 Aug 2018

begins today! 🤱Are you a proud breastfeeding mom? is the best way to provide infants with the nutrients they need. WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding starting within 1 hour after birth until a baby is 6 months old.

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· 5 Aug 2018

While is natural, it can take time to learn. So, it really helps to get ongoing support from family, friends and health workers. This will ensure that the mother can rest, and breastfeed freely without interruptions 🤱🏿 👶🏾

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· 31 Jul 2018

It’s ! Support mums to anytime, anywhere. We can all help make society -friendly.

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· 5 Aug 2018

Many mothers who return to work abandon either partially or entirely due to insufficient time & place to breastfeed, express & store milk You can support mothers to breastfeed at work by enabling conditions at work or facilities to express & store breast milk

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· 6 Aug 2018

Грудное вскармливание – лучшее начало жизни для любого ребенка, и приносит пользу как матери, так и младенцу. Каждый может поддержать кормящих матерей, в том числе работодатели.

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· 1 Aug 2018

It’s ! 🤱🏿🤱🤱🏾🤱🏻🤱🏽🤱🏼 Breast milk is the ideal food for infants. It’s safe, clean and contains antibodies which help protect children against many common illnesses. Read a commentary by & :

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· 3 Aug 2018

In settings where communities are faced with only basic health services, guarantees a safe, nutritious and accessible food source for infants and young children, while shielding them from disease.

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· 2 Aug 2018

August 1-7 is ! is the foundation for life and provides children the opportunity to thrive. Putting newborns to the breast within the first hour of life safeguards against newborn deaths.

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· 1 Aug 2018

is the best way to provide infants with the nutrients they need. This year, WHO is working with UNICEF and partners to promote the importance of helping mothers breastfeed their babies within that crucial first hour of life.

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· 6 Aug 2018

La aplicación de una política de derechos de maternidad, compatible con la Convención y la Recomendación de la OIT sobre la protección de la maternidad, apoya el derecho a la lactancia materna

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