Links Tighten Between IQ, Breastfeeding

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Breastfeeding longer can make children smarter. That’s the conclusion of a study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics, a journal of the American Medical Association.

Pakistan: KP yet to enact law to check childhood diseases

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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is yet to enact its own exclusive law to promote breastfeeding and apply brakes on avoidable childhood deaths, according to paediatricians and officials.

Assessing health of mothers and newborns in the Republic of Moldova

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The goal of the assessment was to help the Ministry of Health, key partners and stakeholders to evaluate care provided at Primary Health Care level to women and newborns in a systematic and participatory way.

Bangladesh on right track to achieve MDGs: Mozena

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The Health and Family Welfare Minister said the government would implement newborn specific interventions to reduce under 5 child mortality to 20 per 1,000 births by 2035. 

Breastfeeding Mothers Need Support And Encouragement

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A study conducted by the University of Alberta in Canada found that new moms are weaning their infants early instead of feeding them just breast milk for the first six months of life.

Nigeria: How adequate nutrition boosts mother, baby development

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Lack of knowledge of pre-pregnancy nutritional status of women makes a strong case for micronutrient supplementation in pregnancy and during lactation.

A Free Miracle Food!

Chad, Ghana, Mali, Niger, United States of America HNN Team

New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof writes about breastfeeding and undernutrition in Mali.  

Child mortality declining, but not on pace to meet Millennium Development Goal

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In order to make gains in newborn survival, countries must develop stronger health systems.

Breast Milk Is Good for the Brain, Scans Show

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Researchers using magnetic resonance imaging have added to the evidence that breastfeeding leads to increased rates of brain development in infants.

Saving Newborns: ‘Kangaroo Care’ Could Go A Long Way

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 Kangaroo Mother Care is one of the simple, low-tech interventions that could save many newborn lives reports Save the Children in their State of the World’s Mothers report.