Breastfeeding and feeding of small and sick newborns
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This post originally appeared on the Huffington Post. By Rachel Schrader, manager of corporate communications for World Vision Canada. Rachel is the busy mom of two little ones under five. She lives near Toronto. Labour hit me hard. The hospital was a blur. All I can remember is the intense labour...
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As maternal-newborn health advocates recognize the importance of breastfeeding during World Breastfeeding Week, we at White Ribbon Alliance thought it would be helpful to show how important our call for respectful maternity care is for successful breastfeeding. This connection isn’t necessarily obvious, even to those who are considered respectful-care or...
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By Tracy Romoser, communications officer, PATH Originally published on PATH. A multi-pronged strategy in India is saving lives through low-cost interventions such as donated human milk and breastfeeding support. Ask Dr. Jayashree Mondkar what she loves to see, and she’ll say a happy, active baby. “When you see them,” says Dr....
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Originally published on MCSP. In Kenya, this year’s World Breastfeeding Week theme is intimately understood: “Breastfeeding – a key to sustainable development.” Sixty-one percent of Kenyan children less than six months of age are exclusively breastfed. And while many families have received the message that breastfeeding — if done within...
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By Stephen Hodgins, MD Senior technical advisor, Saving Newborn Lives, Save the Children Breastfeeding and thermal care are particularly potent determinants of newborn survival. Yet both have received disproportionately little program attention. Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives program has published a pair of evidence briefs on early initiation of breastfeeding...
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