India’s first ever public sector breast milk bank inaugurated in Kolkata

India HNN Team

Facility inaugurated by the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who stressed the importance of breastfeeding to combat newborns suffering from malnutrition.   

Ending infant mortality worldwide requires that birth attendants address birth asphyxia

Tanzania, United Republic of, Kenya HNN Team

The ICM meeting dedicated a core session to HBB, including providing attendees hands-on HBB introductory training and a related symposium that debated why little progress has been made in combating infant mortality in Africa.

China promotes breastfeeding amid tainted milk scare

China HNN Team

Confidence in foreign supplies of formula was shaken after Beijing ordered a recall of formula from Fonterra Co-operative Group after the supplier said it might be tainted with bacteria that can cause botulism.

Inova, partner to develop software predicting premature births

United States of America HNN Team

Premature birth is a high-stakes problem to solve for researchers. In addition to causing nearly 10,000 deaths annually, pregnancies that end before the 37-week mark cost the American health system about $28 billion a year.

Free maternity services in Kenya see increase in attended births

Kenya HNN Team

A hospital in Nyamira County, Kenya, has disclosed that the number of births it attended increased by 12.5 per cent between May and June 2013.

Already an unlikely success story, Liberia boosts efforts to end child death

Liberia HNN Team

Liberia recently launched an aggressive new health plan as part of an international movement to end preventable child deaths.

More UK births than any year since 1972, says ONS

HNN Team

Royal College of Midwives chief executive Cathy Warwick said the high number of births was putting "considerable pressures on maternity services and we are struggling to provide high quality antenatal and postnatal care".

Uganda: HIV+ mothers can safely breastfeed their babies

Uganda HNN Team

Despite efforts to combat stigma of HIV-positive mothers, challenges remain in convincing them to breastfeed while taking ARVs.   

Social taboos prevent mothers from breastfeeding

India HNN Team

Convincing a new mother or a family on breastfeeding a newborn within an hour of birth or up to six months continues to be a tough task, activists and experts say.

Benefits of Breastfeeding

China HNN Team

The Chief Nutritionist at Unicef’s letter to the editor discusses the benefits of breastfeeding over formula in the content of China’s low breastfeeding rate.