World Breastfeeding Week 2021

Protect Breastfeeding:
A Shared Responsibility​

Relevant resources

10 Reasons to Breastfeed an Older Child

ABM Clinical Protocol #7: Model Maternity Policy Supportive of Breastfeeding

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)

ABM Clinical Protocol #24: Allergic Proctocolitis in the Exclusively Breastfed Infant

World Health OrganisationAcademy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)

ABM Clinical Protocol #30: Breast Masses, Breast Complaints, and Diagnostic Breast Imaging in the Lactating Woman

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)

ABM STATEMENT: Considerations for COVID-19 Vaccination in Lactation

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)

ACOG and SMFM Recommend COVID-19 Vaccination for Pregnant Individuals

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) & Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM)

Alive and Thrive: The International Code of the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

Alive and Thrive

Amazing Mammal Mothers Making Milk

Breastfeeding USA

A Natural Age of Weaning

Katherine Dettwyler

Baby food sales in India and China: A comparison with the economic value of breast milk

J.P Smith et al

Breastfeeding and asthma and allergies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C J Lodge et al

Breastfeeding as a public health responsibility: A review of the evidence

Amy Brown

Breastfeeding during the first hour of life and neonatal mortality

Cristiano Siqueira Boccolini et al

Breastfeeding in the 21st century: Epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect​

Cesar G Victora et al.

Breastfeeding in the context of covid-19

compiled by World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action

Breastfeeding: Policy matters

Save the Children

CAPTURE THE MOMENT: Early initiation of breastfeeding: The best start for every newborn

World Health Organisation & UNICEF

COVID-19 vaccines, pregnancy and breastfeeding

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)

COVID-19 Vaccines While Pregnant or Breastfeeding

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Coronavirus (COVID-19), Pregnancy, and Breastfeeding: A Message for Patients

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)

COVID vaccines and breastfeeding: what the data say

Nature

COVID-19 Vaccines: safety surveillance manual. Module on safety surveillance of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant and breastfeeding women

World Health Organisation

Don’t push it: Why the formula milk industry must clean up its act

Save the Children

Early initiation of breastfeeding to promote exclusive breastfeeding

World Health Organisation

Episode #41 - Vaccines, pregnancy, menstruation, lactation and fertility

World Health Organisation

Global strategy for infant and young child feeding

World Health Organisation

Guideline: Counselling of women to improve breastfeeding practices

World Health Organisation

Guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy

John Matthai et al

Helen Keller International's ARCH Project - Toolkit: International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes

Helen Keller International (HKI)

Implementation guidance: Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services: the revised baby-friendly hospital initiative​

World Health Organisation & UNICEF

Implementation guidance: protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services: the revised baby-friendly hospital initiative

World Health Organisation & UNICEF

Infant milk-feeding practices and food allergies, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, and asthma throughout the life span: a systematic review

Darcy Güngör et al

Infant and young child feeding fact sheets

World Health Organisation

Infant and young child feeding: Model Chapter for textbooks for medical students and allied health professionals

World Health Organisation

Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies: Operational Guidance for Emergency Relief Staff and Programme Managers

IFE Core Group

Innovation brief: Dads can do that! Strategies to involve fathers in child feeding

Alive & Thrive

International code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes

World Health Organisation & UNICEF

Is SARS-CoV-2 Transmitted Through Breastfeeding?

S. Thanigainathan et al

Mammals: Feeding their Babies Since the Beginning of Time!

Healthy Child Manitoba & Youville Centre

Marketing of breastmilk substitutes during the covid-19 pandemic

Christoffer van Tulleken, Charlotte Wright, Amy Brown, David McCoy and Anthony Costello

Marketing of breast milk substitutes: National implementation of the international code, status report 2020

World Health Organisation

National Implementation of the International Code: Status Report 2020

Global Breastfeeding Collective

Neonatal circumcision: effects on breastfeeding and outcomes associated with breastfeeding

David M Fergusson et al

Nurturing the health and wealth of nations: The investment case for breastfeeding

Global Breastfeeding Collective

Operational Guidance on Infant Feeding in Emergencies (OG-IFE) version 3.0

IFE Core Group

Parenting and breastfeeding during COVID-19

World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA)

SARS-CoV-2–Specific Antibodies in Breast Milk After COVID-19 Vaccination of Breastfeeding Women

Sivan Haia Perl et al

Small Doable Actions In Ethiopia

Alive & Thrive

Surely you’re not still breastfeeding’: a qualitative exploration of women’s experiences of breastfeeding beyond infancy in the UK

Amy J Thompson et al

Timing of Circumcision and Breastfeeding Initiation Among Newborn Boys

Lisa Mondzelewski et al

The Effect of Circumcision on Exclusive Breastfeeding, Phototherapy, and Hospital Length of Stay in Term Breastfed Newborns

Cliff O’Callahan et al

Transforming our world: The 2030 agenda for sustainable development​

United Nations

UNICEF: Infant Health Research - Research on allergies

UNICEF

Update on WHO Interim recommendations on COVID-19 vaccination of pregnant and lactating women

World Health Organisation

Warm Chain Card – Father

World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) & Family Initiative

WHO’s Science in 5 on COVID-19: vaccines, pregnancy, menstruation, breastfeeding and fertility

World Health Organisation

Why invest, and what it will take to improve breastfeeding practices?

Nigel C Rollins et al

WABA | WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK

World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) is a global network of individuals and organisations dedicated to the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding worldwide. Annually, WABA coordinates and organises the World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) between Aug 1-7. Since 2016, we have aligned our WBW campaign to United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We call this the WBW-SDGs Campaign.
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World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) is a global network of individuals and organisations dedicated to the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding worldwide based on the Innocenti Declarations, the Ten Links for Nurturing the Future and the WHO/UNICEF Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding. WABA is in consultative status with UNICEF and an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC). WABA coordinates the annual World Breastfeeding Week campaign.

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