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Infant and young child nutrition

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Kokobe Ashebir, 20, received UNICEF-supplied Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) at a health centre in Oromia Region, Ethiopia, when pregnant and saw a transformation in her health.
Press release
06 March 2023
Malnutrition in mothers soars by 25 per cent in crisis-hit countries, putting women and newborn babies at risk
With half of stunting in children under 2 developing during pregnancy and before six months, new report raises the alarm on the need to invest in essential nutrition programmes for adolescent girls and women
Document
15 February 2023
Small Supplements for the Prevention of Malnutrition in Early Childhood (SQ-LNS)

Files available for download (1)

SQLNS Brief Guidance Note (PDF, 614 KB)
Sudan. A woman plays with her daughter at their home in Wager village in Kassala State, Sudan.
Report
10 February 2023
Undernourished and Overlooked
A global nutrition crisis in adolescent girls and women

Files available for download (6)

Full report (PDF, 9 MB)
Executive summary (English) (PDF, 1 MB)
Executive summary (Arabic) (PDF, 1 MB)
Executive summary (French) (PDF, 1004 KB)
Executive summary (Spanish) (PDF, 1003 KB)
Executive summary (Portuguese) (PDF, 1 MB)
In Marantao, Philippines, 13-month-old Jonaila plays with her mother, a member of the UNICEF staff. She will receive her first routine vaccination the following day.
Article
19 December 2022
Something to smile about
Looking back on moments in 2022 that made children smile
Yemen. A child's arm is measured at a health centre.
Remarks
21 September 2022
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's remarks at The Child Malnutrition Crisis: Pledging to Save Lives event
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Somalia. A child is held by his mother as he feeds on a sachet of ready-to-use therapeutic food.
Press release
16 May 2022
World a ‘virtual tinderbox’ for catastrophic levels of severe malnutrition in children
Soaring food prices driven by the war in Ukraine and pandemic-fuelled budget cuts set to drive up both need for, and cost of life-saving therapeutic food treatment, the latter by up to 16 per cent
Reena Patidar 34- year – old (Right) ASHA worker talking to young mothers about the importance of the breast feeding in India
Press release
22 February 2022
More than half of parents and pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing
New report details exploitative practices employed by $55 billion formula industry, compromising child nutrition, violating international commitments
IYCF Counselling Package
Document
07 October 2021
The Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Package

Files available for download (11)

1 Planning Guide (PDF, 678 KB)
2 Adaptation Guide (PDF, 1 MB)
3 Facilitator Guide (PDF, 4 MB)
4 Training Aids (PDF, 2 MB)
5 Participant Materials (PDF, 2 MB)
6 Counselling Cards (PDF, 3 MB)
7 Key Message Booklet (PDF, 4 MB)
8 Brochure How to Breastfeed (PDF, 386 KB)
9 Brochure Maternal Nutrition (PDF, 737 KB)
10 Brochure Feeding After 6 Months (PDF, 384 KB)
11 Supervision Mentoring Monitoring Module (PDF, 1 MB)
A mother in Serbia breastfeeds her baby in 2017.
Document
15 March 2021
Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative
Ten steps to successful breastfeeding

Files available for download (2)

Ten steps infographic (PDF, 2 MB)
Implementation guidance (PDF, 915 KB)
A mother hugging her child.
Report
28 January 2021
Nutrition Strategy 2020–2030
A new vision to end child malnutrition over the next decade

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English (PDF, 12 MB)
English summary (PDF, 4 MB)
French (PDF, 14 MB)
French - Summary (PDF, 1 MB)
Russian (PDF, 16 MB)
Russian - Summary (PDF, 12 MB)
Portuguese (PDF, 14 MB)
Portuguese - Summary (PDF, 3 MB)
Arabic (PDF, 4 MB)
Arabic - Summary (PDF, 2 MB)
Spanish (PDF, 17 MB)
Spanish - Summary (PDF, 4 MB)
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