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Infant and young child nutrition

A mother is feeding her child

06 February 2023

Nutrition

We work to ensure all children and women in South Asia can get the nutritious foods, services and healthy food environments.

A wasted child eating soup in a hospital in Afghanistan

Care for severely wasted children

UNICEF is working to strengthen community and health systems to detect, refer and treat severely wasted children across South Asia.

learning about nutrition and breastfeeding

Early childhood nutrition

UNICEF is working in South Asia to improve the growth and development of infants and young children

A mother provides breast feeding to her child at an Aanganwadi centre in Kolaras, Shivpuri.

Breastfeeding: 7 baby-friendly do’s and things to avoid

Tips to help breastfeeding parents

Hazrat Ali holding his 19-month-old son, Sudais

Healing young lives through nutrition interventions

With German support, UNICEF's Integrated Nutrition Programme helps cure malnutrition in infants

4 month old Farahnaz's height is measured at the UNICEF-supported provincial hospital

Four steps to deliver results for malnourished children

With 1 in 5 children under five living in urban areas of Afghanistan, UNICEF pioneers initiative to tackle malnutrition with the European Union

24 January 2023

As the pace of urbanization quickens in Asia-Pacific, so too does the threat of urban food insecurity – UN agencies report

Parwana

12 December 2022

Parwana, one year on

One year ago, she was so severely malnourished, I feared she wouldn’t make it. Today, Parwana skips, giggles and nags her mum to get her to school on time.

a newborn baby

02 September 2022

10 healthy practices for expectant mothers and fathers

Giving your child the best start to life

The ‘Amrit Kosh’, the first human milk bank in Nepal

Nectar for newborns

The ‘Amrit Kosh’, the first human milk bank in Nepal, is creating links between mothers around the country in a labour of love