Sentences with phrase «breastmilk for infants and young children»

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The UK is committed to the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding, which aims to protect, promote and support breastfeeding and to ensure that parents who use breastmilk substitutes receive accurate, independent information.

Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) was founded on 3rd December, 1991 atWardha, Maharashtra.BPNI is a registered, independent, nonprofit, national organization; working towards protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding and appropriate complementary feeding of infants & young children.BPNI acts on the targets of Innocenti Declarations, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, and the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding (WHO 2young children.BPNI acts on the targets of Innocenti Declarations, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, and the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding (WHO 2Young Child Feeding (WHO 2002).

As efforts to implement the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and Resolutions have made it harder for companies to directly advertise infant formula in many countries, companies have stretched the brands and invented a whole range of formula for older babies and young children.

Inform Government agencies, health professionals and the public of issues relating to the Code and WHA resolutions — Bring attention to the extent and consequences of the promotion of breastmilk substitutes and commercial infant and young child feeding products for the health and wellbeing of all children through on - going monitoring and reporting.

IBFAN will continue to call for all formulas marketed for infants and young children (0 - 36 months) to be included in one standard that must: state clearly that infant formula can be used after 12 months and that other products are not necessary; ensure that product composition does not compromise child health; specify that marketing is strictly controlled according to the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent relevant WHA resolutions.

The new updated Operational Guidance for Emergency Relief Staff and Programme Managers is designed to give all those working in emergencies concise, practical guidance on appropriate infant and young child feeding and ensure that when breastmilk substitutes are required they are purchased, distributed and used according to the UN's agreed strict criteria.

Breastmilk: A Critical Source of Vitamin A for Infants and Young Children (PDF format) from the LINKAGES Project.

Authoring organization (s): Program for Appropriate Technology in Health - Published: 2006, 2008 Summary: These materials include clinical algorithms geared for health workers (not lay counselors) to use to counsel mothers and determine the most appropriate time to stop breastfeeding; an adaptation and finalization of the World Health Organization (WHO) Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling: An Integrated Course, including new chapters on complementary feeding and country - specific recommendations; adaptations and local drawings / graphics inspired by the WHO counseling cards; and take - home brochures for mothers on exclusive breastfeeding, expressing breastmilk, and replacement feeding.

The Code regulates the marketing of breastmilk substitutes which includes infant formulas, follow - on formulas and any other food or drink, together with feeding bottles and teats, intended for babies and young children.

The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding, the HIV and Infant Feeding: Framework for Priority Actions, mother to mother support and lactation specialists are all important components and programs to support the UNICEF Medium Term Strategic Plan (MTSP) 2006 - 2009.

Full compliance of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the subsequent World Health Assembly resolutions relating to infant and young child nutrition is the minimum standard for the marketing of infant formulas.

Facts for Feeding • Birth, Initiation of Breastfeeding, and the First Seven Days after Birth • Recommended Practices to Improve Infant Nutrition during the First Six Months • Guidelines for Appropriate Complementary Feeding of Breastfed Children 6 - 24 Months of Age • Breastmilk: A Critical Source of Vitamin A for Infants and Young Children

Facts for Feeding > Recommended Practices to Improve Infant Nutrition during the First Six Months • Birth, Initiation of Breastfeeding, and the First Seven Days after Birth • Guidelines for Appropriate Complementary Feeding of Breastfed Children 6 - 24 Months of Age • Breastmilk: A Critical Source of Vitamin A for Infants and Young Children