Maternal and child nutrition contributes to more than one-third of child mortality and 10% of the total global disease burden. Of the nutrition factors associated with child mortality, stunting, severe acute malnutrition and intrauterine growth retardation constitute the major risk factors. Therefore, reducing infant and young child stunting is essential for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to child survival (MDG 4) as well as that related to the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger (MDG 1).
See more:
- Babies and mothers worldwide failed by lack of investment in breastfeeding
- Global Breastfeeding Collective-WHO
- World breastfeeding week- Waba
- Breastfeeding
- Breast feeding and complementary feeding- PAHO
- Publications on Maternal-child nutrition -PAHO
- Rede global de bancos de leite humano: Fiocruz
Related links:
- 10 facts
- Fact sheet
- WHO’s work on breastfeeding
- Commentary: Breastfeeding is not a one-woman job
- Tracking Progress for Breastfeeding Policies and Programmes: Global breastfeeding scorecard 2017
- Global Breastfeeding Collective: A call to action
- Nurturing the Health and Wealth of Nations: The Investment Case for Breastfeeding