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How data can support policies to protect, promote and support breastfeeding: Swedish experience
During World Breastfeeding Week, WHO/Europe highlights Sweden’s experience in gathering data to understand the reasons behind its declining breastfeeding rates. 2 online surveys conducted in 2020 in the region of Skåne showed that the local population is unaware of the health benefits breastfeeding gives for both the child and mother, and that infant feeding services need more coordination.
News
- WHO recommends continuing breastfeeding during COVID-19 infection and after vaccination
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- COVID-19 cases top 60 million in European Region, says WHO/Europe
- How data can support policies to protect, promote and support breastfeeding: Swedish experience
- Supporting the implementation of COVID-19 contact tracing in Ukraine
Countries
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Countries
71st session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe (virtual)
13–15 September 2021
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“Faces of WHO” is a series of interviews with some of the people working for WHO/Europe across the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region.
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Events
- 2021: International Year of Health and Care Workers
- 71st session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe (virtual)
- WHO/Europe training course on noncommunicable diseases: surveillance, implementation and evaluation
