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South Africa Changes Policy on Breastfeeding
South Africa’s high child mortality rates have forced the government to rethink its policy on infant feeding and move to discontinue the free provision of formula milk at hospitals and clinics, as well as promote an exclusive breastfeeding strategy...
South Africa’s Health Minister on a Mission to Encourage Mothers to Breastfeed
South Africa’s Health Minister is on a mission to encourage mothers to breastfeed as a way of promoting optimum infant health.
United Nations Children’s Fund Raises Concerns Over Kenya’s Maternal, Child Mortality Millennium Development Goals
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Kenya government have acknowledged that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5 that focus on reducing child mortality and improving maternal health in Kenya respectively may not be realized...
Six Million Preventable Child Deaths…a Silent Emergency
World Vision has launched a five-year global campaign to end massive “child rights violation” of child and infant death Every 3.5 seconds a child under five dies: 24,000 deaths a day; almost nine million a year – India shares the highest...
Mozambique Child Mortality Rate Drops 15%
Mozambique’s child mortality rate has dropped by 15%, the official Noticias newspaper reported on Thursday. Quoting UNICEF, the paper said that the mortality rate among children under five years of age decreased by 15 percent over the past five years,...
UNICEF Pledges Additional Support for Nigeria’s Nutrition Programs
UNICEF’s Executive Director Ann Veneman has visited the Kebbi and Sokoto states in northern Nigeria where she pledged $1.85 million in additional support for Unicef’s nutrition programs. The newly allocated funds will be used to scale up integrated...
Four Million Malawian Children to Receive Vitamin Supplements
Over four million Malawian children have been earmarked to receive Vitamin A supplement and deworming treatment starting from April 27 to May 1 this year, senior health officials said Monday. Chief Nutritionists Dalitso Kang’ombe told APA during...
USAID And British Department for International Development Work to Improve Sexual Health in Cambodia
A new program aimed at reducing the rate of new HIV infections and child mortality and improving reproductive and sexual health for Cambodians begins May 6 thanks to the joint efforts of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the British Department...
