[wanabidii] Fwd: Breastfeeding - Not just a one woman job. World Breastfeeding Week Advocacy Materials

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From: Guy Taylor | A Promise Renewed <gutaylor@unicef.org>
Date: Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 11:49 PM
Subject: Breastfeeding - Not just a one woman job. World Breastfeeding Week Advocacy Materials
To: drmayunga@gmail.com

World Breastfeeding Week 2016: Breastfeeding - not just a one-woman job...  View this email in your browser World Breastfeeding Week: Breastfeeding - not just a one-woman job...   On the first day of World Breastfeeding Week 2016, we are pleased to share with you a selection of breastfeeding-related advocacy materials, and encourage you to use these in your World Breastfeeding Week communications activities.  Available materials include: A UNICEF press release highlighting the fact that 77 million newborns globally are not breastfed within the first hour of life (available here). A new UNICEF report entitled "From the First Hour of Life: Making the Case for Improved Infant and Young Child Feeding Everywhere": Read the report here, and the UNICEF press release here. A Joint UNICEF/WHO letter in support of World Breastfeeding Week (download here) A World Breastfeeding Week photo essay on Medium (available here). A new UNICEF video on breastfeeding, produced for World Breastfeeding Week 2016 (available here)  A Call to Action infographic from the Breastfeeding Advocacy Initiative, which lays out 7 actions that governments, donors and partners can take to support mothers and improve breastfeeding rates (download here). Resources from the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) (download here). World Breastfeeding Week Posters in English and Spanish from the Pan American Health Organization Breastfeeding infographics from WHO and UNICEF (download here). A social media toolkit and digital assets from UNICEF (download here). And more information on the UNICEF Nutrition website (available here) Finally, see below for a selection of recent media reports focusing on breastfeeding: Reuters: More than half of newborns not breastfed in first hour raising health risks – UNICEF AP: UNICEF urges new mothers to start breastfeeding within hour of birth Reuters: UN Supports "brelfies" to encourage breastfeeding EFE: Uno de cada dos bebés no toman leche materna al nacer TeleSur: Unicef: madres deben lactar a sus bebés a la hora de nacido Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahaelle/2016/07/29/lagging-worldwide-breastfeeding-rates-keep-newborn-lives-at-risk/#6eba1a2b52f4 Voice of America : http://www.voanews.com/content/mother-milk-best-for-newborn-babies/3443776.html Wishing all a healthy and happy World Breastfeeding Week! Guy Taylor  Copyright © 2016 UNICEF, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you requested to receive the A Promise Renewed Newsletter. Our mailing address is: UNICEF Three United Nations Plaza 44th Street New York, NY 10044 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

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