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Breastfeeding results from a reproductive health continuum for the mother to the child with no beginning or end, from generation to generation. When a practice is disrupted, it must be restored. However, restoration of the breastfeeding culture demands more resources and mobilization.

In conjunction with the Olympics in August this year, WBW 2008 calls for greater support for mothers in achieving the gold standard of infant feeding: breastfeeding exclusively for six months, and providing appropriate complementary foods with continued breastfeeding for up to two years or beyond. For more information, please click here.

In Thailand:

The campaign entitled “Ruamphon Khon Kin Nom Mae” (Breastfeeding in Action)” will be launched during the week. Click here for more information.

CYCLONE NARGIS UPDATE

Humanitarian agencies on 10 July 2008 appealed for a further $303.6 million to fund efforts to continue assisting an estimated 2.4 million people who were severely affected by Cyclone Nargis, which struck the Yangon division and parts of the Ayeyarwady Delta in Myanmar in early May, leaving nearly 140,000 people either dead or missing.

Of the overall total of US$481 million now requested by 13 UN agencies and 23 nongovernmental organisations, $178 million has already been committed in response to the original Flash Appeal in May that sought $201 million, leaving an unmet requirement of $303.6 million.

Although a significant relief operation has been mounted over the last two months, many of those affected are still in urgent need of more help. The Revised Appeal is designed to address these relief needs, as well as early recovery measures, up to the end of April 2009. The key areas are food, water, sanitation, education, health, nutrition, shelter and agriculture, as well as continued support for vital services such as emergency telecommunications, information management and logistics.

For more information see:

SEARO Emergency and Humanitarian Action Cyclone Nargis, click here