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Photo: WHO/PAHO
WHO/PAHO

New UN ‘bedside tool’ will help prevent and reduce maternal and newborn deaths worldwide

4 December 2015
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today a new checklist for healthcare workers that will help reduce maternal and newborn deaths with “a single and practical bedside tool” designed to make a difference for women and infants in various settings around the world.
In Maderia, Ethiopia, health extension worker Elsebeth Aklilu takes a break from counselling women and their children on best nutrition practices, to breastfeed her own 10-month-old son.
UNICEF/Christine Nesbitt

UN marks World Breastfeeding Week with call for stronger workplace policies for nursing mothers

3 August 2015
United Nations officials are marking the annual World Breastfeeding Week by highlighting the vital importance of a practice that gives children the healthiest start in life and the need to strengthen policies to promote nursing with stronger workplace policies.