World Breastfeeding Week
August 1st, 2022 | news
August 1–7 is World Breastfeeding Week. As a critical part of infant nutrition and food security, breastfeeding is one of the most powerful solutions to save the lives of infants and children. USAID Advancing Nutrition is educating and supporting mothers and families on the benefits of breastfeeding by addressing the key barriers to optimal breastfeeding practices and creating an enabling environment to encourage breastfeeding. The project works to save lives, prevent malnutrition, and enhance long-term health through collaboration with global partners and country-led programs in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Honduras, India, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda.
This World Breastfeeding Week, join us in elevating the importance of breastfeeding across communities and health systems around the world:
- In recognition of World Breastfeeding Week, USAID Advancing Nutrition’s special issue of the bi-monthly Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Resource Review highlights the critical role that breastfeeding plays in the first 1,000 days between conception and the child’s second birthday.
- Learn about USAID Advancing Nutrition’s work to improve breastfeeding counseling through mentorship in Kenya and how the project is helping to build political will and accountability for the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in Malawi and the Kyrgyz Republic.
- Explore USAID Advancing Nutrition’s interactive breastfeeding webpage to learn why breastfeeding is so important and t how USAID continues to promote and protect breastfeeding.
- Register and attend USAID Advancing Nutrition’s World Breastfeeding Week virtual event Developing Capacity: Strengthening Breastfeeding Counseling in Kenya Through Mentorship.
- Read about USAID Advancing Nutrition’s work to elevate breastfeeding in the Kyrgyz Republic, through the experience of Zhannat, a young mother.
- Visit the Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Image Bank to access over 900 illustrations of recommended IYCF practices, including breastfeeding, that can be adapted for different contexts.
