IYCF-E

Breastfeeding in Emergencies Advocacy Brief

December 21, 2017

UNICEF and WHO jointly lead the Global Breastfeeding Collective, a consortium of over 20 organizations which advocate for increased commitment and financing for breastfeeding. To support advocacy efforts, the Collective has developed Advocacy Briefs on a number of topics. The latest Brief covers breastfeeding in emergencies. The document outlines the importance of breastfeeding in these …

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Technical RRT Fact Sheet on IYCF evaluation

December 14, 2016

For French version click techrrt-principesdebaseevaluationanje For English version click techrrt-iycfassesmentfactsheet

Categories: Assessments, IYCF Programming, IYCF-E, IYCF-E Assessments, NiE (and cross-cutting issues)

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Breastfeeding in the context of Zika virus – Interim guidance, 25 February 2016

February 26, 2016

The main mode of Zika virus transmission is through infected Aedes mosquitoes. However, current widespread transmission of the virus has raised questions as to whether transmission can also occur during breastfeeding, a practice essential to infant and young child survival and development. The purpose of this document is to provide interim recommendations to guide breastfeeding …

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DG ECHO Infant and Young Children Feeding in Emergencies – A guidance for programming

February 24, 2015

Dear colleagues and partners, In March 2013, the European Commission adopted the DG ECHO Staff Working Document on ‘Addressing under-nutrition in emergencies’ demonstrating its increasing commitment towards nutrition. This policy document clearly acknowledges the increased vulnerability of infants, young children and lactating women and the commitment of the DG ECHO to address their specific needs …

Categories: IYCF Programming

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Infant feeding in the context of Ebola – Updated guidance

October 30, 2014

Updated main points of the guidance document on infant feeding in the context of Ebola dated August 22nd 2014 are summarised below. This version dated September 19th 2014 replaces the earlier guidance note. Guidance produced through informal consultation involving UNICEF technical advisors at HQ, regional & country levels; WHO Infant and Young Child Feeding and Ebola specialists; CDC …

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Infant feeding and Ebola Outbreak

October 30, 2014

Infant feeding and Ebola Outbreak. This question was posted in the en-net for discussion

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Save the Children’s IYCF toolkit – Version 2

October 23, 2014

Save the Children launched version 2 of the Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) Toolkit which has been developed this year. Thanks to a large number of internal and external reviewers it has been possible to update some of the tools and revise the layout into a more user-friendly format. The link to …

Categories: BMS Code, Indicators for assessing IYCF practices, IYCF E-Communications, IYCF Programming, IYCF-E, NiE (and cross-cutting issues)

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July 10, 2014

The IFE Core Group is an expert advocacy and resource group on infant and young child feeding in emergencies. It functions as an interagency collaboration with full and associate members.

Categories: BMS Code, Indicators for assessing IYCF practices, IYCF E-Communications, IYCF Programming, IYCF-E, NiE (and cross-cutting issues)

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UN SCN – Standing Committee on Nutrition database

July 9, 2014

UNSCN is the food and nutrition policy harmonization forum of the United Nations. The mandate of the UNSCN is to promote cooperation among UN agencies and partner organizations in support of community, national, regional, and international efforts to end malnutrition in all of its forms in this generation. It will do this by refining the …

Categories: Anthropometric Nutrition Assessments, Assessments, BMS Code, Coordinated Assessments, Cross-cutting issues, IYCF Programming, IYCF-E, IYCF-E Assessments, MAM management, Management of Acute Malnutrition, Micronutrients, NiE (and cross-cutting issues), Prevention of acute malnutrition, Rapid Nutrition Assessments, SAM management

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