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WHO Growth Standards and the identification of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children; A Joint Statement by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund

WHO 2009, Rapid advice: revised WHO principles and recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV

Guidance on Infant Feeding and HIV in the context of refugees and displaced populations Version 1.1 (2009)

Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast-milk substitutes

A list of acceptable medical reasons for supplementation was originally developed by WHO and UNICEF as an annex to the Baby-friendly Ho...

WHO/UNICEF joint statement on appropriate IYCF in the current emergency, and caution about unnecessary use of milk products

Joint statement by WHO / UNICEF for Myanmar, Cyclone Nargis, May 2008. Myanmar Tropical Cyclone WHO and UNICEF joint statement on app...

When an Emergency Strikes Breastfeeding Can Save Lives

www.llli.org/Release/emergency.html They released a part 2 later see: USA, Hurricane Katrina, 2005. When an emergency strikes breastfe...

Wet nursing - Wet nurse feeds China quake babies

Two reports of the same police woman wet nursing in China following earthquake: Reuters CNN (1) Reported by Helen Long, Reuters - inc...

Wet Nursing - Rescue efforts of a hero

Two media stories of same woman: www.int.iol.co.za:80/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20080518144… Rescue efforts of a ...

UNICEF urges end to instant milk donations for disaster-hit areas, Indonesia

UNICEF urges end to instant milk donations for disaster-hit areas Available from: www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/03/22/unicef-urges-...

Protecting infants affected by China earthquake. Joint UNICEF - WHO statement for the media