1–7 August 2009

    World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August in more than 120 countries to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. It commemorates the Innocenti Declaration made by WHO and UNICEF policy-makers in August 1990 to protect, promote and support breastfeeding.

    Breastfeeding is the best way to provide newborns with the nutrients they need. WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding until a baby is six months old, and continued breastfeeding with the addition of nutritious complementary foods for up to two years or beyond.

    The theme of World Breastfeeding Week 2009 is "Breastfeeding - a vital emergency response. Are you ready?". It highlights the need to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in emergencies for infant and young child survival, health and development.

    Children are among the most vulnerable groups during emergencies, and small children are the most vulnerable of all, due to increased risk of death due to diarrhoea and pneumonia. During emergencies, unsolicited or uncontrolled donations of breast-milk substitutes may undermine breastfeeding and should be avoided.

    As part of emergency preparedness, hospitals and other health care services should have trained health workers who can help mothers establish breastfeeding and/or overcome difficulties.

    2009年8月1-7日

    每年8月1-7日有超過120個(gè)國(guó)家在慶祝世界母乳喂養(yǎng)周，以鼓勵(lì)全球范圍母乳喂養(yǎng)及提高嬰兒的健康水平。它是為紀(jì)念1990年8月世界衛(wèi)生組織（WHO）和聯(lián)合國(guó)兒童基金會(huì)（UNICEF）決策者保護(hù)、促進(jìn)和支持母乳喂養(yǎng)的"伊諾琴蒂"宣言。

    母乳喂養(yǎng)是給新生兒提供所需營(yíng)養(yǎng)的最佳方式。WHO建議給嬰兒用母乳喂養(yǎng)到6個(gè)月大，然后繼續(xù)用母乳和添加了營(yíng)養(yǎng)的補(bǔ)充食物喂養(yǎng)至2歲或更大些。

    2009年世界母乳喂養(yǎng)周的主題為"緊急狀態(tài)下的母乳喂養(yǎng)，你準(zhǔn)備好了嗎？"這個(gè)主題加重了有必要保護(hù)、促進(jìn)和支持在嬰幼兒的生存、健康和發(fā)展緊急狀態(tài)下的母乳喂養(yǎng)。

    孩子是緊急狀況下最脆弱的群體，而小孩則是最脆弱的，由腹瀉和肺炎引起的死亡危險(xiǎn)加大。在緊急狀況下，未經(jīng)同意或不受控制的母乳替代品會(huì)毀了母乳喂養(yǎng)，應(yīng)該避免。

    作為應(yīng)急準(zhǔn)備，醫(yī)院和其他保健服務(wù)應(yīng)該培訓(xùn)能夠幫助媽媽們確立母乳喂養(yǎng)和/或者克服困難的保健員。