No country in the world fully meets recommended standards for breastfeeding, according to a new report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Global Breastfeeding Collective, a new initiative to increase global breastfeeding rates.
11/08/2017
New HIV infections among adolescents are projected to rise from 250,000 in 2015 to nearly 400,000 annually by 2030 if progress in reaching adolescents stalls.
01/12/2016
Breastfeeding is a human rights issue for both the child and the mother Children have the right to life, survival and development and to the highest attainable standard of health, of which breastfeeding must be considered an integral component, as well as safe and nutritious foods.
29/11/2016
“Universal Children's Day is more than a day to celebrate children everywhere. It is an annual opportunity to recommit ourselves to protecting the rights of every child.
20/11/2016
Globally, prematurity is the leading cause of death in children under the age of 5 -15 million babies are born preterm and more than a million die as a result.
17/11/2016
Pneumonia and diarrhoea together kill 1.4 million children each year, the overwhelming majority of whom live in lower and middle-income countries.
11/11/2016
Often traumatized by the conflicts and violence they are fleeing, they face further dangers along the way, including the risk of drowning on sea crossings, malnourishment and dehydration, trafficking, kidnapping, rape and even murder.
31/10/2016
Harbin 19 October 2016 - Without the right iodine intake in the diets of children and pregnant women, children’s growth and intellectual development can be impaired. Iodine deficiency in pregnant women may cause damage to fetal brain development, miscarriages, and low birth weight.
25/10/2016
Renowned Chinese film artist and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Ambassador for China, Ma Yili, visited Liping County of Guizhou to learn about integrated approaches to Early Childhood Development (ECD) for children 0-3.
20/10/2016
To promote exclusive breastfeeding not only as a fundamental driver in achieving the SDGs by 2030, but as an important contribution to China's ambitious plan to eradicate poverty by 2020.
22/09/2016
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