Infant and young child feeding is a key area to improve child survival and promote healthy growth and development. The first 2 years of a child’s life are particularly important, as optimal …

Aug 7, 2025 · To ensure every child survives and thrives to reach their full potential, we must focus on improving care around the time of birth and the first week of life. The high rates of …

Sep 30, 2025 · About Infant Care and Infant Health What is infancy? Infancy is generally considered to be the period from birth until age 2 years. It is a time of rapid growth and change …

Dec 20, 2023 · 重要事实 根据《儿童权利公约》，每个婴幼儿都享有获得良好营养的权利。 营养不良与五岁以下儿童中45%的疾病负担相关。 5200万5岁以下的儿童消瘦，1700万严重消 …

Oct 16, 2023 · This guideline provides global, normative evidence-based recommendations on complementary feeding of infants and young children 6–23 months of age living in low, middle- …

May 30, 2025 · Today, WHO published its first-ever position paper on immunization products to protect infants against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) – the leading cause of acute lower …

Jul 28, 2023 · Proper infant nutrition is fundamental to a child’s continued health, from birth through adulthood. Correct feeding in the first three years of life is particularly important due to …

Key facts In 2020 an estimated 5 million children under the age of 5 years died, mostly from preventable and treatable causes. Approximately half of those deaths, 2.4 million, occurred …

May 2, 2017 · Overview Please note that this publication is being updated. This publication on WHO recommendations related to newborn health is one of four in a series; the others relate …

Infant mortality represents an important component of under-five mortality. Like under-five mortality, infant mortality rates measure child survival. They also reflect the social, economic …