Global strategy for infant and young child feeding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

World Health Organisation Staff, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Infants--Nutrition.

Infants.

Children--Nutrition.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (37 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

WHO and UNICEF jointly developed this global strategy to focus world attention on the impact that feeding practices have on the nutritional status, growth and development, health, and thus the very survival of infants and young children. The strategy is the result of a comprehensive two-year participatory process. It is based on the evidence of nutrition's significance in the early months and years of life, and of the crucial role that appropriate feeding practices play in achieving optimal health outcomes. The strategy is intended as a guide for action; it identifies interventions with a prov

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Foreword; Introduction; Global strategy for infant and young child feeding; Defining the challenge; Determining the aim and objectives; Promoting appropriate feeding for infants and young children; Exercising other feeding options; Feeding in exceptionally difficult circumstances; Improving feeding practices; Achieving the strategy's objectives; Implementing high-priority action; Obligations and responsibilities; Conclusion; Annex: Resolution WHA55.25, Infant and young child nutrition; Endorsement of the UNICEF Executive Board

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781417524537

1-4175-2453-7

92-4-068045-4

OCLC:

559174228