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Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Despite improvements in the last two decades in ANC and PNC, the rate of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in Nepal has declined since 1996 (from 74% to 70%). Other…

By: Jody Lori, Associate Dean for Global Affairs & Director of the WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center, University of Michigan The Maternal and Newborn Health Conference in Mexico City was motivating, energizing, and stimulated lots of conversation…

What helps save the lives of about 800,000 babies every year and doesn’t cost a dime? Breastfeeding. Of all preventive health interventions, breastfeeding—done within the first hour of life, exclusively for the first six months, and until age two—has the…

This report goes in-depth into coverage of the ACA’s breastfeeding benefits and found that women face widespread barriers to getting coverage of breastfeeding support and supplies. The report supplemented its review of plan documents with stories of real…