Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices play a vital role in the growth and development of the youngest contributors to society. The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes the significance of early nutrition and recommends exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), which means feeding infants only breast milk for the first six months.

Review existing IYCF-related policies and guidelines, both pre-crisis and during past emergencies, to understand how these might support or present challenges to IYCF-E. IYCF services and capacity Assess the availability and effectiveness of previous IYCF services and the capacity of current systems.

According to the 2013 Lancet series on maternal and child nutrition, implementation of optimal IYCF practices can prevent an estimated 1.4 million deaths annually among children under five years of age (Black 2013; UNICEF 2011). Moreover, the 2003 Lancet Survival series published rankings of top preventative child survival interventions, with ...

2015年7月10日 · In our study of IDP in eastern Ukraine, we identified multiple suboptimal IYCF practices, including non-exclusive breast-feeding until 6 months of age, introduction of fluids before 6 months of age, bottle-feeding and discontinuing breast-feeding before 2 years of age.

2016年5月26日 · The top-ten research questions identified focused on the following: • Use of cash-transfer to buy breast-milk substitutes; • Effectiveness of complementary feeding strategies; • Long-term effect of IYCF-E interventions; • Design of IYCF-E programmes in a context where breastfeeding rates are low and breast milk substitutes use is high ...

Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) is concerned with interventions to protect, promote and support safe and appropriate (recommended) feeding practices for both breastfed and non-breastfed infants and young children in all emergencies wherever they happen in …

IYCF in emergencies (IYCF-E), particularly in terms of emergency preparedness. This report details the presentations, discussion and outcomes of a workshop held from 25 th -29 th June in London which

The important questions that the IYCF-E Assessment Guide will help you answer are: what data/information on IYCF-E do you need in the context where you work? How. urgently needed is that information? How fluid is the situation? What is the best. methodology to use considering the situation? A quantitative survey may not be the first

Strengthening IYCF practices is fundamental to improving the nutritional status of children (UNICEF 2020). However, too few children receive optimal IYCF. Globally, in 2015–2021, only 48 percent of children 0–6 months were exclusively breastfed and 18 percent of children 6–23 months consumed a minimum acceptable diet (UNICEF 2023).

2024年12月2日 · Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) is critical in humanitarian contexts. Recommended IYCF practices can prevent undernutrition, reduce disease burden and save lives. However, emergencies disrupt breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and care practices — putting children at heightened risk.