The recent UNICEF report "From The First Hour of Life" looks at the present state of infant feeding, with particular focus on the benefits of breastfeeding, highlighting the barriers that exist and ...

When not one country in the world meets the “breastfeeding standards” set forth by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), it might be time to question ...

UNICEF is focusing on breastfeeding as the most effective and inexpensive way of saving a child’s life in this year’s World Breastfeeding Week. But with less than half of all children under six months ...

Image: A house to house monitoring is done by the local Auxillary Nurse Midwife (ANM) to encourage breastfeeding in Andhra Pradesh. © UNICEF/UNI162462/Biswas August ...

All mothers want to provide their children with the building blocks of a bright, healthy future. To help babies get the best possible start in life, UNICEF and the World Health Organization have ...

In a statement on the annual global event, UNICEF’s Nigeria Country Representative Cristian Munduate said improved breastfeeding practices could also help the country to save $22 million in healthcare ...

On the heels of new evidence of the lifesaving benefits of early and exclusive breastfeeding, UNICEF calls for increased investment in workplace programs and other support for breastfeeding mothers.

Ramallah, 29 August 2007. Dr. Fathi Abu Moghli, Minister of Health, Dr. Zahira Habash, Coordinator of the National Committee on Breast Feeding, Dr. Umeiyyeh Khammash, Director of Health Services, ...

As many as 77 million newborn babies in the world are not breastfed by their mothers within the first hour of their birth, a new report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says. This ...

No country in the world supports breastfeeding moms like they should, according to a new report released Tuesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

A senior member of Boris Johnson's Conservative government has accused UNICEF of "playing politics" and a "political student of the highest order" after the United Nations Agency said it was taking ...