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Infant nutrition - World Health Organization (WHO) Proper infant nutrition is fundamental to a child’s continued health, from birth through adulthood Correct feeding in the first three years of life is particularly important due to its role in lowering morbidity and mortality, reducing the risk of chronic disease throughout their life span, and promoting regular mental and physical development
Newborn mortality - World Health Organization (WHO) thermal protection (e g promoting skin-to-skin contact between mother and infant); hygienic umbilical cord and skin care; early and exclusive breastfeeding; assessment for signs of serious health problems or need of additional care (e g those that are low-birth-weight, sick or have an HIV-infected mother; and
WHO Guideline for complementary feeding of infants and young children 6 . . . This guideline provides global, normative evidence-based recommendations on complementary feeding of infants and young children 6–23 months of age living in low, middle- and high-income countries It considers the needs of both breastfed and non-breastfed children The guideline supersedes the earlier Guiding Principles for Complementary Feeding of the Breastfed Child and Guiding principles
Infant Mortality - NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of . . . The infant mortality rate—that is, the number of infant deaths out of every 1,000 live births—is an important factor in understanding a population’s overall health because many factors that contribute to infant deaths also affect the health of everyone in a population 1 For example, access to medicine, trained healthcare providers, clean
International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes The 33rd World Health Assembly, en May 1980, endorsed in their entirety the statement and recommendations agreed by consensus at this joint WHO UNICEF meeting and made particular mention of the recommendation that "There should be an international code of marketing of infant formula and other products used as breast-milk substitutes"
Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices . . . This document presents a set of new and updated indicators to assess infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices at household level It is a follow-up to the 2008 document “Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices – Part I II” In total, there are 17 recommended IYCF indicators in the 2021 edition
What causes infant mortality? | NICHD - NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver . . . There is a difference between causes of infant mortality and contributors to infant mortality A cause leads directly to a death In contrast, a contributor is a risk factor that makes the death more likely to happen Learn more about the risk factors for infant mortality Causes of Infant Mortality in the United States
Infant mortality rate (between birth and 11 months per 1000 live births) Infant mortality represents an important component of under-five mortality Like under-five mortality, infant mortality rates measure child survival They also reflect the social, economic and environmental conditions in which children (and others in society) live, including their health care