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UNICEF & WHO welcome South Africa’s efforts to protect and support breastfeeding
15 March 2012 –UNICEF and the World Health Organization welcome last week’s publication by the Government of South Africa of draft regulations based on the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and World health Assembly Resolutions.
Building health and saving lives
9 June 2011 - It’s a sad fact that 83% of Limpopo’s children live in poverty. So, you’d assume that this province’s Malamulele District Hospital probably performs poorly – especially since most of SA's baby death rates are linked to district hospitals
Impact on children: safe infant feeding and child survival
Of the 1.1million babies born a year in South Africa, 300,000 are born to HIV positive mothers. About 93,000 of these babies will be infected by HIV; 72,000 being HIV positive at birth and 21,000 becoming HIV positive through breastfeeding. Read more...
Impact on children: paediatric testing and treatment
About 260 children are born HIV positive every day in South Africa and most die before their second birthday. This has made HIV and AIDS the biggest killer of children under five in the country. Read more...
To disclose or not
Mandisa is being treated for pneumonia, a common childhood complication resulting from HIV infection. Next to her, her 38-year-old granny, Julia, is looking out of the window, lost in thought. Read more...
Luyanda’s Story: A message for hope for children living with AIDS
Before a capacity crowd seated in chilly Hall 1 of the Durban Convention Centre stood a 16 year old boy who had travelled from Cape Town to share the stage with the renowned South African Nobel Laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu...
