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Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies - a Joint Statement - Haiti

WHO, UNICEF, WFP

Published in : 2010

Available in : English, French

A call for support for appropriate infant and young child feeding and caution about unnecessary and potentially harmful donations and use of breast-milk substitutes. Statement given shortly after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

Documents :
English (PDF, 50.71Kb)
French (PDF, 69.92Kb)

Originally posted at : Emergency Nutrition Network

This resource is listed under:

Themes : Breastfeeding, general, Complementary feeding, general, Emergency, general, Household Food Security and community nutrition, general, Interventions, general, Micronutrients, general, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Undernutrition, general, Biofortification, Biofortification, Exclusive breastfeeding, HTP module 17, Infant feeding in emergencies, Infant formula / BMS, Infant, Young Child Feeding, International Code of Marketing of BMS, Maternal and child health, Therapeutic feeding, RUF/RUTF, Therapeutic feeding, RUF/RUTF, Treatment of severe acute malnutrition, Treatment of severe acute malnutrition

Life-cycle focus : Lactation, Infancy, Pre-school age

Resource types : Advocacy briefs, Guidelines, Statements