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| Report of a WHO forum and technical meeting, Paris, 5-7 October 2006. 2007 | ||
| Iodine status worldwide [external link] | |
| Report on the WHO global database on iodine deficiency | ||
| Guiding principles for feeding infants and young children during emergencies [WHO headquarters] | |
| When disaster strikes, sometimes entire countries and regions are thrown into disarray and in the emergency period that follows, lives are seriously disrupted. Meeting the specific nutritional requirements of infants and young children, should be a routine part of any emergency relief response. | ||
| Healthy nutrition of infants and young children: guidelines for nurses and junior doctors [pdf, 346KB] | |
| The first years of the child's life are crucial for normal growth and mental development. This guideline for nurses and junior doctors is based on the WHO publication Feeding and nutrition of infants and young children. 2002. | ||
| Children - grow up healthy [pdf, 305KB] | |
| A leaflet for mothers on the importance of breastfeeding and practical advice on timely and appropriate introduction of food. 2003 | ||
| Infant and young child feeding: a tool for assessing national practices, policies and programmes [WHO headquarters] | |
| WHO tool to help users assess the strengths and weaknesses of policies and programmes for protecting, promoting and supporting optimal feeding practices. 2003 | ||
| WHO/UNICEF Global strategy on infant and young child feeding [WHO headquarters] | |
| WHO and UNICEF have jointly developed the Global strategy to revitalize world attention to the impact that feeding practices have on the nutritional status, growth and development, health, and thus the very survival of infants and young children. 2003 | ||
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| WHO Guidelines 1996 | ||
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| Iodine deficiency control - WHO/UNICEF strategy | |
| Presentation by the Micronutrient and Trace Elements Unit, WHO Headquarters, Geneva, 2002 | ||
| Breastfeeding and maternal medication [WHO headquarters] | |
| WHO/UNICEF publication with recommendations for drugs in the 11th WHO model list of essential drugs. 2002 | ||
| Special issue based on WHO expert consultation on complementary feeding [WHO headquarters] | |
| Background papers for the Global consultation on complementary feeding convened by WHO 10-13 December 2001 are contained in this special issue of the Food and Nutrition Bulletin vol 24 no. 1 2003 | ||
| Guiding principles for complementary feeding of the breastfed child [WHO headquarters] | |
| Report summarizing the current scientific evidence for complementary feeding and intended to guide policy at global, national and community levels. Pan American Health Organization 2003 | ||
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| A guide for programme managers, issued jointly with UNICEF and the United Nations University. 2001 | ||
| Human vitamin and mineral requirements [external link] | |
| Report of a Joint FAO/WHO expert consultation held in Bangkok in September 1998. 2002 | ||
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| Global Strategy on Infant and Young Child Feeding [WHO headquarters] | |
| 2002 World Health Assembly resolution | ||
| The optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding [WHO headquarters] | |
| Report of an expert consultation, Geneva, March 2001. WHO/NHD/01.09. English. 2001 | ||
| Infant and Young Child Nutrition [external link] | |
| 2001 World Health Assembly resolution recommending 6 months exclusive breastfeeding | ||
| Assessment of Iodine Deficiency Disorders and monitoring their elimination. A guide for Programme Managers [external link] | |
| A Guide produced by ICCIDD, UNICEF and WHO for managers of national programmes for the prevention and control of micronutrient malnutrition. Includes principles of salt iodization. Second edition 2001. | ||
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| 3-day training course for health professionals. 2001. | ||
| Also available in: ru[pdf, 1MB] | ||
| Feeding and nutrition of infants and young children | |
| Guidelines for the WHO European Region, with emphasis on the former Soviet countries. WHO publication 2000. | ||
| Healthy eating during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Booklet for mothers [pdf, 88KB] | |
| June 2000. English, Russian, German and French. | ||
| Also available in: ru[pdf, 109KB] | ||
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| Monitoring Innocenti targets on the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding. 1999. | ||
| Also available in: ru[pdf, 5MB] | ||
| Complementary feeding and the control of iron deficiency anaemia [pdf, 236KB] | |
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| Also available in: ru[pdf, 947KB] | ||
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| 1999. | ||
| Also available in: ru[pdf, 1MB] | ||
| Prevention and control of iron deficiency anaemia in women and children [pdf, 399KB] | |
| Report of a WHO/UNICEF Consultation 1999 | ||
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| Results of a Consultant mission in December 1999. | ||
| WHO Consultant Report on breastfeeding in Kosovo [pdf, 72KB] | |
| Kosovo was traditionally a culture in which breastfeeding was practiced and strongly supported, however the trend now is that exclusive breastfeeding even early months is the exception rather than the rule. 1999. | ||
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| International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes [WHO headquarters] | |
| An International Code of marketing of infant formula and other products used as breast-milk substitutes for import and export to be observed by all manufacturers. Endorsed by the 34th session of the World Health Assembly in 1980. | ||
