Outreach programs in Ghana spread the word about the benefits of breastfeeding to mothers and their children. Mothers report healthier, smarter babies.
This month's Atlantic Monthly has a controversial article about breastfeeding, specifically making arguments against breastfeeding. The arguments are of two types. One is social and normativ…
The Citizen (Tanzania) -- Three-year Maria (not her real name) has puffy cheeks, potbelly, thin hair, deathly pale skin, generally weak body and other symptoms that bespeak malnutrition.
Cape Coast, Sept. 20, GNA - Ghana has made significant strides by achieving sixty four per cent exclusive breastfeeding of babies in their first six months of life, Mrs. Ernestina Agyapong, a …
10 August 2010 [MediaGlobal]: World Breast-Feeding Week, sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO), is well underway. Breast milk is the most nutritious source of proteins, growth facto…
...keen sense of urgency. It is my hope that the recent launch of the Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa will fast track the implementation of high impact interv…
...Chinese, Indian and Brazilian, the issue in sub-Saharan Africa seems far more nuanced than that. Here are a couple of initial observations: 1. Competition from other emerging market compani…
...between the United States and the people of sub-Saharan Africa to advance regional and global peace and prosperity.” Both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush made high-profile trips to Africa a…
...Mr David Johnston, the Governor General of Canada to Ghana. The visit is aimed at providing opportunity for the two countries to strengthen their commercial and education ties. He said peac…
...That is not the only possible path. It is up to each country to find and implement the best mechanism for sustainable funding." The conference stressed that giving child nutrition the resou…
...growth of 5.4 percent in 2013 and 5.7 percent in 2014 for the economies of sub-Saharan Africa on the back of rising investment and booming extractive industries. "Sub-Saharan Africa will be…
...A of which aims to reduce maternal mortality by 75% between 1990 and 2015) has come within sight in many countries, most notably in Latin America and Asia. 1 Yet across sub-Saharan Africa, …
...leadership, a perception, which the then Secretary of State, Mrs. Hillary Clinton, dismissed. She had said Obama’s choice of Ghana was “meant to tea-up” US relationship with sub-Saharan Afr…
...On why he decided to visit Ghana then, Obama had said, "Ghana's history is rich, the ties between our two countries are strong, and I am proud that this is my first visit to sub-Saharan Afr…
...leadership, a perception, which the then Secretary of State, Mrs. Hillary Clinton, dismissed. She had said Obama's choice of Ghana was "meant to tea-up" US relationship with sub-Saharan Afr…
...2013 edition of the regional economic outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in Accra. The report covered economic policies in SSA, including the SSA building momentum in a multi-speed world,…
...in his Special to CNN. According to a forthcoming ONE Campaign report, 63 nations are on track to cut extreme poverty in half by 2015 (compared to 1990 levels) - including 16 in Sub-Saharan…
...cooperation between the United States and the people of sub-Saharan Africa" to advance peace and prosperity. Obama will meet officials, businessmen, and civil society leaders, including you…
...checks and balances and broader governance context. Ghana ranks 15th out of 58 countries and earned the highest score in sub-Saharan Africa, reflecting major reforms to improve competition …
IBMP is an international humanitarian aid organization, dedicated to providing life-giving donor milk to infants in emergent need. One of our primary goals is to provide immediate relief for i…
What you can do right now -- ONE is a grassroots advocacy and campaigning organization that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa, by raising public awareness …
In accordance with the Global Strategy on Infant and Young Child Feeding, UNICEF’s overall goal in this programme area is to protect, promote and support optimal infant and young child feeding…
Challenge: 10 million children die each year from birth-related causes.
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Solution: Educate women about the life-saving power of breast milk.
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Is Ghana a model for the world?
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Labour Ward
WOMAN
Give only breast milk.
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From the moment a mother in Ghana gives birth, she's taught to breastfeed her newborn.
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A decade ago, health officials realized newborns were often sick and dying. they searched to find the reason why.
VERONICA GOMEZ
In the Ghanaian culture, we believe that when we get a visitor the first thing we give them is water. So when the baby comes, the baby has to be welcomed and the baby is given water. Unfortunately the babies rather have problems like diarrhea.
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Officials stemmed child death rates from diarrhea and pneumonia by embracing a simple solution.
VERONICA GOMEZ
We developed a policy that was the first national policy on breastfeeding. Midwives were targeted, and then pediatric nurses, so that when babies are born, they are given breast milk.
WOMEN
If you give me your breast milk ...
VERONICA GOMEZ
We also developed jingles and breastfeeding songs.
WOMEN
I will grow to be strong.
MOTHER
With my first son I breastfed him for a shorter time, so I can tell that well they fall sick a little more. And this one is excellent, at least for six weeks already gained 2.3 kilos, yeah.
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Exclusive breastfeeding rates have increased 22 percent in just five years.
VERONICA GOMEZ
The babies now are healthier, especially during the first six months. They just suck breast milk, and they look happier and there are less problems. I feel really good. I believe that this program has been one of the successes in the country.
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Living Proof: Real Lives. Real Progress.
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Building on this success, global partners are working with governments around the world to expand exclusive breastfeeding programs. More than 1 million child deaths could be prevented every year with proper breastfeeding.
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Living Proof: Real Lives. Real Progress. www.one.org/livingproof
