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Infant and young child nutrition

Fatima, a 10-month-old baby, is screened by doctors and diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition, in the hospital of the Kishim district in the North of Afghanistan.
Programme
01 February 2021
Nutrition and care for children with wasting
Treating children with the most life-threatening form of malnutrition.
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Programme
29 January 2021
Early childhood nutrition
Preventing malnutrition in infants and young children.
A young boy in Mongolia eats from a bowl with a huge smile on his face in 2018.
Programme
29 January 2021
Nutrition
Good nutrition is the bedrock of child survival and development.
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

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A mother in Serbia breastfeeds her baby in 2017.
Document
15 March 2021
Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative
Ten steps to successful breastfeeding

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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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Statement
14 December 2020
Remarks by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore at the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Kick-Off Event
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Malnourished child in Mali
Press release
27 July 2020
UNICEF: An additional 6.7 million children under 5 could suffer from wasting this year due to COVID-19
As part of its Reimagine campaign, UNICEF calls for accelerated action to prevent and treat malnutrition caused by pandemic as humanitarian community appeals for $2.4 billion to improve maternal and child nutrition