Journal article
May 13 2023
The volume and monetary value of human milk produced by the world's breastfeeding mothers: Results from a new tool (Smith J, Iellamo A, et al. Frontiers in Public Health. 2023)
The Mothers' Milk Tool was developed to make more visible the economic value contributed to society by women's unpaid care work through breastfeeding infants and young children.
Video
May 10 2023
Mothers' Milk Tool Introduction
This short video, intended for advocates and policy makers, introduces the Mothers' Milk Tool, which makes it possible to calculate the economic impact of breastfeeding on society. Women's production of mothers' milk is a crucial contributor to the global economy, yet it has never been syste
Case study
Apr 26 2023
How India's private hospitals are catalysing change for maternal, infant and young child nutrition: Quality improvement case studies from private hospitals in Bihar
In India, more than 60% of the healthcare infrastructure is private. Half of all births in urban areas and a quarter of all births in rural areas take place in private facilities.
Toolkit
Apr 05 2023
Tools for Delivering School-Based Adolescent Nutrition Interventions
This catalogue presents school-based adolescent nutrition program leaders and implementers with a descriptive list of effective tools for delivering SBC-based adolescent nutrition interventions at scale.
Mar 13 2023
'First do no harm' overlooked: Video summary
Journal article
Feb 07 2023
Marketing of commercial milk formula: a system to capture parents, communities, science, and policy (Rollins N, Piwoz E, Zambrano P, et al, The Lancet. 2023)
Despite proven benefits, less than half of infants and young children globally are breastfed in accordance with the recommendations of WHO.