Sentences with phrase «young child feeding decisions»

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Feeding decisions are critical to the health outcomes of infants and young children.

Only the parents of the child should make feeding decisions for their young babies.

This clarification was necessitated when our Global Council, on behalf of IBFAN, had to take a strategic decision whether or not and under what conditions IBFAN should participate in two new initiatives by UNICEF and WHO, WHO NetCode, and the UNICEF Breastfeeding Advocacy Initiative, both receiving funding from the BMGF, which has direct links and gets its returns from the baby food industry and also engages with entities such as the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) that create situations of risk of conflicts of Interest in infant and young child feeding.

This information is aimed at programme managers and decision - makers, and those who will be in charge of revising national guidelines on prevention of mother - to - child transmission and infant and young child feeding.

The guidelines contain an overview of international policy, goals and guidelines; background on HIV and infant feeding; current recommendations for HIV - positive women and considerations relating to different feeding options; an overview of the process of developing or revising a national policy on infant and young child feeding incorporating HIV concerns; considerations for countries considering the provision of free or low - cost infant formula; suggestions for protecting, promoting and supporting appropriate infant feeding in the general population; key issues in supporting HIV - positive women in their infant feeding decisions; and considerations on monitoring and evaluation.

The purpose of this publication is to provide information on issues that need to be considered in relation to infant and young child feeding in the context of HIV, and to highlight areas of special concern on which policy decisions need to be made.

The document seeks to inform decision - makers about key interventions and sustaining optimal infant and young child feeding during emergencies.

The purpose of this publication is to provide information on issues that need to be considered in relation to infant and young child feeding in the context of HIV, and to highlight areas of special concern on which policy decisions need to be made locally.

Strengthen women's role in decision - making at all levels and provide accurate information about infant and young child feeding.

Breastfeeding is a lifeline for infants and young children in emergencies, has zero environmental impact, and States have a human rights obligation to ensure that mothers are enabled to make an informed decision on infant feeding, free of conflicts of interests.

Every parent wants, needs, and has the right to be informed about all infant and young children feeding options and to be supported in their decisions regardless of the feeding option they use.