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2022UNICEF partnership signed
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Fellowship dinner, Silver Jubilee SAFOG Conference, Colombo, 2022
SAFOG and UNICEF representatives at the signing
The signing in Kathmandu, with the SAARC Secretariat

Partnership1 August 2022 · Kathmandu

UNICEF and SAFOG sign a partnership for newborn health and nutrition.

At the start of World Breastfeeding Week 2022, UNICEF and SAFOG signed a memorandum of understanding to improve maternal and newborn health and nutrition in South Asia, above all by protecting and promoting breastfeeding.

838,000Newborns who die each year in South Asia
43%Children breastfed within the first hour
39%Not exclusively breastfed for six months
Nurses, midwives, obstetricians, gynaecologists and paediatricians play a critical role in supporting breastfeeding.Dr Rohana Haththotuwa, then President of SAFOG

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