Resources
Ensuring optimal feeding of infants and young children during emergencies in Bangladesh
A joint statement produced in Bangladesh.
Emergency Health and Nutrition Forum, ISSUE 1, March 2007
Also available from: www.savethechildren.org/publications/technical-resources/hunger-malnutr…
Comment on long term impact of inappropriate distribution of infant formula: News article from Armenia
Also available from: armenianow.com/?action=viewArticle&AID=2003&CID=2080&IID=&lng=eng
Christian Aid partner in Gaza requests baby milk after sewage flood
Christian Aid partner in Gaza requests baby milk after sewage flood: www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/218275/117552179971.htm An...
CDC Position on Benefits of Breastfeeding and Risks of Not Breastfeeding
A letter from Laurence Grummer-Strawn, Chief, Nutrition Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to WHO Philippin...
Breastmilk versus Breastmilk substitutes in emergency situations: The Lebanon crisis
SC (US) publication: Emergency Health & Nutrition Forum. Issue 1: The Emergency Nutrition Portfolio March 2007. Page 17 Also avai...
Breastmilk a lifesaver for a baby in times of emergency: News article
Also available here.
Breastfeeding the first hour leaflet
Leaflet produced for World Breastfeeding Week 2007 on the benefits of initiating breastfeeding within the first hour. Has references an...
Breastfeeding safer for some HIV-infected mothers in poor conditions
Article also available here.
Breastfeeding provides critical protection for Iraqi infants: news article
UNICEF warning that the policy of distributing infant formula free to all infants as part of Iraq's Public Distribution System (PDS) fo...