Breastfeeding central to eliminating child malnutrition: Agency chiefs
Breastfeeding central to eliminating child malnutrition: Agency chiefs
Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), issued the reminder in a joint statement for World Breastfeeding Week, which runs through 7 August.
A central role
They recalled that Governments, donors, civil society and the private sector, united to launch the Nutrition for Growth Year of Action, describing it as an historic opportunity to transform the way the world can fulfil the global commitment to eliminate child malnutrition.
“Breastfeeding is central to realising this commitment,” they said.