🤱Nurturing Lives: How USAID Champions Breastfeeding within the Health System

Recognizing World Breastfeeding Week at USAID

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page.   Subscribe How USAID Champions Breastfeeding within the Health System Photo Credit: Naziru Muzungu/Malaika Media for JSI Optimal breastfeeding practices can support the health and wellbeing of both mothers and children, but nutrition services like skilled breastfeeding counseling, are often neglected within the basic package of essential primary health care services, and the World Health Organization reports that 55 countries face a severe shortage of health workers—further limiting health systems' ability to be responsive to the nutrition needs of families.  Achieving optimal breastfeeding goals requires collective responsibility. That's why USAID is committed to supporting communities around the world to train and retain health workers to deliver critical health and nutrition services, including breastfeeding counseling, for moms and babies.   USAID promotes health and nutrition of moms and babies by supporting health workers to: Provide and sustain breastfeeding-friendly environments Increase quality lactation education and care Integrate breastfeeding services into routine service delivery Scaling up breastfeeding practices, like early initiation of breastfeeding after birth and exclusive breastfeeding for up to six months, has the potential to save an additional 823,000 children under 5-years-old and 20,000 women each year. Recognize World Breastfeeding Week With Us Read: A Collective Responsibility: How USAID inspires support for breastfeeding around the world Join: Our partners at MOMENTUM Global and Country Leadership for a webinar on the connection between breastfeeding and maternal mental health on August 29th Share: Breastfeeding: Providing a Healthy Start for a Healthy Future fact sheet, available in both French and Spanish, that explains why breastfeeding is a cornerstone of USAID's approach to combating malnutrition  Explore: More of USAID's efforts to support breastfeeding around the world

Through our partnerships and programs, USAID helps ensure that all mothers, newborns, and children have a chance of a healthy life, regardless of where they are born. USAID's Office Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition within the Bureau for Global Health plays a leading role in supporting the Agency's commitment of preventing maternal and child deaths: investing in affordable, high-quality interventions that save lives and allow women, children, and families to thrive.

 

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