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Breastfeeding Advice During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Breastfeeding protects newborns from getting sick and has positive impacts throughout infancy and early childhood. As with all confirmed of suspected COVID-19 cases, however, mothers with any symptoms who are breastfeeding or practicing skin-to-skin conta
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Covid-19 and Its Implications for Protecting Children Online
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to widespread school closures and physical distancing measures. It has also made online platforms and communities essential to maintaining a sense of normalcy. Children and their families are turning to digital solutions more
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Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic Eastern, Central and Southern Africa
This joint note by UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, and WHO consolidates recommendations for Infant and Young Child Feeding for the COVID-19 outbreak in East, Central and Southern Africa. It is not intended to replace national plans but should be seen as a complementa
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Guidelines for the Management of Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women in the Context of Ebola Virus Disease
At the time of writing, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is experiencing the second largest Ebola outbreak in history. Investigational treatment and vaccination trials are ongoing, but data in the context of pregnancy and breastfeeding are limited.
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Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes: National implementation of the International Code status report 2020
Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (BMS) and subsequent relevant World Health Assembly (WHA) resolutions through enforcement of national legal measures is essential to ensuring that parents and other caregiver
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2018 Progress Report: Reaching every newborn national 2020 milestones
The Every Newborn 2018 annual report, Reaching Every Newborn National 2020 Milestones, provides an up-to-date account of country progress reported by the 75 countries and territories who use the Every Newborn Tracking Tool. The report provides in-depth lo
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PMNCH 2019 Annual Report: Ensuring universal health coverage delivers for women, children and adolescents
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) is the world’s largest alliance for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health. Bringing together over 1,000 partner organizations from 10 constituencies across 192 countries, PMNCH provides a
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Interim Guidance: Scaling-up COVID-19 outbreak readiness and response operations in humanitarian situations including camps and camp-like settings
People affected by conflict or crisis, and particularly those who live in camps or camp-like settings, are often faced with specific vulnerabilities and challenges. For example, they are often neglected, stigmatized and may face difficulties in accessing
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Occupied Palestinian Territory COVID-19 Response Plan
On the 5th of March 2020, the Palestinian Prime Minister declared a state of emergency across the occupied Palestinian territories to contain the spread of COVID-19. Due to the current situation, it is expected that women and children might not receive es
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Global Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020
Sustainable Development Target 16:2 is to “end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children”. This Global Status Report on Preventing Violence against Children 2020 examines what countries have done towards ac
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Breastfeeding and COVID-19: Scientific brief
Breastfeeding is the cornerstone of infant and young child survival, nutrition and development, and maternal health. The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life, followed by continued breastfeeding with
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Malaria Eradication: Benefits, future scenarios and feasibility
Malaria is a disease of the most vulnerable- the very young and the poor. Every year, there are about 219 million cases of the disease and over 400 000 deaths. More than half of these deaths are children under the age of five. Given these numbers, the era