Journal article
Jun 14 2023
Comprehensive Approach for Improving Adherence to Prenatal Iron and Folic Acid Supplements Based on Intervention Studies in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and India (Sanghvi T, Nguyen PH, et al. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 2023)
Anemia remains a critical maternal nutrition issue in low- and middle-income countries. Literature search, formative research and baseline surveys, informed the design of interventions to improve adherence to iron and folic acid supplementation in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and India.
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
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.
Journal article
Feb 07 2023
Breastfeeding: crucially important, but increasingly challenged in a market-driven world (Pérez-Escamilla R, Tomori C, et al, The Lancet. 2023)
This Series paper examines how mother and baby attributes at the individual level interact with breastfeeding determinants at other levels, how these interactions drive breastfeeding outcomes, and what policies and interventions are necessary to achieve optimal breastfeeding.