World Breastfeeding Week – 01 to 07 August 2019 07/08/2019 – Posted in: Daily News
World Breastfeeding Week – 1 to 7 August 2019
Theme: Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding
World Breastfeeding Week is a global campaign to raise awareness about breastfeeding.
- World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) is a global network of individuals and organisations dedicated to the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding worldwide.
Evolution
- World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every 1-7 August in commemoration of the 1990 Innocenti Declaration.
- Since 2016, WBW is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- WBW started in 1992, with annual themes including:
- Healthcare systems
- Women and work
- The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes
- Community support
- Ecology
- Economy
- Science
- Education
- Human rights
Impact
- Encourages sustained action on a particular theme throughout the year
- Brings together stakeholders from diverse sectors to achieve common goals.
- Provides up-to-date information and tools for celebrants to take action
Facts and Figures
- In 2018, over 800 local groups around the world pledged their event.
- 2 in 5 children in low-and middle-income countries are put to the breast in the first hour of life.
- World Health Assembly aims to increase the global rate of exclusive breastfeeding to at least 50% by 2025.
- Breastfeeding can be linked to all 17 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action
- WABA is a global network of individuals and organisations.
- These are dedicated to the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding worldwide based on the Innocenti Declarations.
- Innocenti Declarations is the Ten Links for Nurturing the Future and the WHO/UNICEF Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding.
- Innocenti Declaration aimed to protect, promote and support breastfeeding.
- 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 works closely with many organizations and individuals.
Source: The New Indian Express
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