WHO and UNICEF jointly developed this global strategy to focus world attention on the
impact that feeding practices have on the nutritional status, growth and development, health …

This tool is designed to help users assess the strengths and weaknesses of policies and
programmes for protecting, promoting and supporting optimal feeding practices, and …

This report has been developed to inform the discussion at the World Health Assembly on
the Comprehensive Implementation Plan on Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition1 …

There is greater understanding on how combined actions in the health, food, water and
sanitation, education and social support sectors are contributing to improved nutrition and …

Adequate nutrition is essential for children's health and development. Globally it is estimated
that undernutrition is responsible, directly or indirectly, for at least 35% of deaths in children …

There is no other time in life when the provision of adequate and balanced nutrition is of
greater importance than during infancy and childhood. During this dynamic phase …

Although breastfeeding confers both short‐and long‐term benefits for children and their
mothers, breastfeeding practice remains suboptimal, globally. In addition to barriers …

The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have released new and updated
indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices for use in population-based …

Annotation. This report offers a rationale for urgently scaling up effective interventions to
reduce the global burden of child and maternal undernutrition. It provides information on …

Care is the provision in the household and the community of time, attention, and support to
meet the physical, mental, and social needs of the growing child and other household …