The fifth breast milk bank in Iran was established in the city of Shiraz during a ceremony on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week, an annual celebration which is being held every year from August 1 to 7.Read More

TEHRAN (FNA)- An estimated 78 million newborns have a higher risk of death each year from not drinking their mother’s milk within the first hours of being born, according to the United Nations. A new report – jointly published on Monday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, the UN children’s agency, to coincide with the beginning...Read More

Almost 60 percent of babies around the world are not breastfed within the first hour after their birth, putting them at risk of sickness and even death, a new report revealed. Current guidelines from the World Health Organization and UNICEF recommend babies should be breastfed within an hour of their birth and fed only by breastfeeding until...Read More

The UK is among countries with the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world, according to new research conducted by UNICEF. In response to the finding that 150,000 babies in the UK are never fed breast milk, health experts are calling for breastfeeding to be incorporated into personal social health education (PSHE) classes at schools so that students can...Read More