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World Breastfeeding Week 2026 expands regional actions

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World Breastfeeding Week 2026 (1‑7 August) ~~ran~~ continued to drive programmes across the Americas and North Africa under the theme “Breastfeeding for a Sustainable Start in Life: Strengthen What Works.” ~~Coordinated by WHO, UNICEF and the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, the week spurred new programmes across the Americas, Europe and, for the first time in this report, North Africa.~~ In ~~Latin America, Argentina’s health ministries deepened~~ Argentina, provincial ~~actions: La Ríoja announced a month‑long calendar of community events; Catamarca assisted 2 855 mothers in~~ health authorities added new sites to the ~~first half of 2026;~~ rollout. Formosa, Corrientes, Río Negro and Lincoln joined La Ríoja, Catamarca, Chubut ~~launched the “Chubut Crece” training week for staff;~~ and ~~Córdoba’s~~ Córdoba in organising workshops, community campaigns and training weeks. The Hospital ~~Regional Pasteur provided daily~~ Municipal Doctor Rubén Omar Miravalle in Lincoln expanded lactation‑room hours, while existing centres in Córdoba and other provinces increased counselling and public‑information sessions. Mexico’s ~~Yucatán state continued webinars and certified child‑care centres as lactation‑friendly, while the~~ IMSS reported ~~126 251~~ 126,251 infants under six months were exclusively breastfed in 2025 (51.7 % of its enrollee ~~population).~~ population) and operates 95 lactarios and 105 dedicated lactation rooms. In Yucatán, three infant‑care centres earned “Espacios Amigos” certification, providing private spaces for milk extraction and storage. The state continued its webinar series and certification efforts. Brazil’s “Agosto Dourado” campaign kept hospital milk banks and workshops active, and the Dominican ~~Republic~~ Republic’s UNICEF office reiterated ~~its~~ the low 19.2 % exclusive‑breastfeeding ~~rate.~~ rate, urging stronger support for mothers. Tunisia ~~joined the global push as UNICEF and the Ministry of Health~~ released a 15‑module UNICEF‑Ministry of Health toolkit for health professionals and civil‑society groups, covering early initiation, exclusive breastfeeding, common ~~challenges,~~ challenges and safe milk expression for working mothers. ~~The package was developed with German and USAID support and aligns with~~ WHO ~~standards. WHO~~ and UNICEF ~~continue to recommend~~ maintain their recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding for six months and continued nursing to two years, noting that scaling up could prevent roughly 400 000 child deaths and 140 000 maternal deaths ~~each year.~~ annually. Exclusive‑breastfeeding rates have risen from about 37 % in 2012 to over 47 % today, still short of the 60 % target for 2030.

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