Breastfeeding and feeding of small and sick newborns
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By: Constance Gathi & Brenda Ahoya, Kavle Consulting, LLC and Rose Wambu, Division of Nutrition, Ministry of Health, Kenya. This blog was originally posted on the Kavle Consulting website. The 2021 World Breastfeeding Week theme “Protect Breastfeeding, A Shared Responsibility” provides a call to action to build an enabling environment for...
Read MoreBy HRH Princess Sarah Zeid, WFP Special Advisor, Maternal & Child Health and Nutrition, UNHCR Patron for Maternal and Newborn Health, and Elaine Scudder, IAWG Senior Advisor, Maternal and Newborn Health. ‘’No woman, child or adolescent should face a greater risk of preventable death because of where they live or...
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Insights from Annes Mboya, nurse-midwife at Kakuma Refugee Camp By Annes Mboya, Nurse-Midwife, IRC; Andrea Edman, Advocacy & Communications Specialist, IAWG Newborn Initiative When a woman comes to the hospital walking, they should go home walking. If they came to the hospital with a baby in their tummy that was...
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By: Sharmin Akter, Cory Cerritelli, Aisha Hussain, and Joseph Johnson In the crowded urban slum of Hazaribag, Boubazar Balur Maath (in photo above) is a pregnant woman that looks onward into the sprawl in front of her. A wild dog is walking among the garbage looking for food. We can...
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By Dr. Justine A. Kavle and Ms. Rose Wambu This year’s World Breastfeeding Week theme “Support Breastfeeding for a Healthier Planet” resonates with Kenya. It is estimated that sixty-one percent of Kenyan children less than six months of age are exclusively breastfed, with only breastmilk - a renewable, natural and...
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