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A proven, cost-effective, and evidence-based solution already exists to prevent infant deaths. As we celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, it’s time to come together as a global health community to align our efforts and put the power of human milk to work. Child health experts and health care workers know that...
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Patricia Coffey, coauthor of Umbilical cord-care practices in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review, says that neonatal sepsis is responsible for more than 15 percent of neonatal deaths globally and is the third leading cause of death during the first month of life. A newly cut umbilical cord can...
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Malawi joined the rest of the world in commencing the commemoration of World Breastfeeding Week on Monday, August 1, 2016. The event, held under the theme “breast feeding: a key to sustainable development,” took place at a school ground in the central district of Ntchisi. Addressing attendees, Minister of Health...
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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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