publication / September 4, 2024
Better Food, Better Health Project, WV Timor-Leste
World Vision (WV)’s Better Food, Better Health (BFBH) project was a nutrition-sensitive agriculture project aiming to improve nutrition for 31,806 direct beneficiaries in Timor-Leste.
article / September 3, 2024
Partnering with parents: A key to ending child hunger
Despite abundant food, hunger remains the biggest threat to children today. Learn how partnering with parents helps tackle this global issue.
article / August 9, 2024
Even in the Midst of Conflict, Breastfeeding is the Best
Amid conflict in Sudan, World Vision supports breastfeeding and nutrition care for vulnerable mothers and infants through dedicated breastfeeding corners.
publication / July 19, 2024
Promotion of Baby-Friendly Health Centres (BFHC)
Between the '90s and early 2000s, Cambodia showed impressive achievement in the percentage of children in Cambodia exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months; however, it later decreased from 74% in 2010 to 51% in 2021 (CDHS). In addition, the country registered low rates of early breastfeeding initiation, with only 54% of new-borns breastfed within 1 hour of birth, even though 98.7% of the births are delivered by skilled birth attendants in Cambodia according to the Cambodia Demographic Health Survey 2021-2022.
publication / July 25, 2024
Promotion of Baby-Friendly Health Centres (BFHC)
Between the '90s and early 2000s, Cambodia showed impressive achievement in the percentage of children in Cambodia exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months; however, it later decreased from 74% in 2010 to 51% in 2021. In addition, the country registered low rates of early breastfeeding initiation, with only 54% of new-borns breastfed within 1 hour of birth, even though 98.7% of the births are delivered by skilled birth attendants in Cambodia according to the Cambodia Demographic Health Survey (CDHS) 2021-2022.
article / September 10, 2024
Maternal and Child Health Promoted in Luanda
Recently, the WVA team, in partnership with the JUCARENTE - a local organization, visited four pregnant women from the Cazenga municipality who are being monitored weekly by health agents.
article / August 9, 2024
A surprising yet simple way to boost Cambodia’s economic growth? Breastfeeding.
Maternity leave is only three months at 50% pay, making it difficult for mothers to continue breastfeeding exclusively for the recommended six-month period. Efforts to extend maternity leave to six months at 100% pay have been...
opinion / August 1, 2024
Protect, Promote, and Support Breastfeeding – what does this mean and why it matters
Colleen Emary explains why and how women everywhere must have the information, the opportunity and support to breastfeed their children
opinion / July 22, 2024
Making breastfeeding work in a hunger crisis
For #WorldBreastFeedingWeek Colleen Emary calls for more investment to ensure women can breastfeed when food is in short supply.