Month: July 2016

ARCH Celebrates World Breastfeeding Week

This week, we join countries and communities around the world in celebrating World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7, 2016). The ARCH team collaborates with partners in empowering women to breastfeed and provide their children with the healthiest start in life—not only with a range of activities this week, but throughout the year. This year’s theme focuses…

Celebrating the Golden 1,000 Days during World Breastfeeding Week in Nepal

Nepal is celebrating World Breastfeeding Week with the theme “Breastfeeding: A key to Sustainable Development.” The Ministry of Health has organized several activities that focus on the need to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding. To support these initiatives, the Nepal ARCH team is co-organizing various events at 10 major hospitals, which cover 90% of births…