WHO | Week Ahead for media | 30 July 2021

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Friday 07.30.21 | Issue 121

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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) updates

Virtual press briefings with simultaneous translation in all UN languages with the participation of the WHO Director-General are planned for this week. Media advisories with Zoom links/dial-in details will be emailed in advance. For the latest news from WHO on COVID-19 and other breaking health stories, read WHO's news updates.

1-7 August

World Breastfeeding Week

Celebrated every year from 1st to 7th of August, World Breastfeeding Week is a global campaign to raise awareness on the importance of breastfeeding for health. Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health and survival, bringing benefits that last throughout life. However, nearly 2 out of 3 infants are not exclusively breastfed for the recommended six months—a rate that has not improved in two decades.

WHO recommends that infants are breastfed exclusively - with nothing else to eat or drink - for six months, and that they then continue to breastfeed (alongside eating healthy family foods) for two years or longer.

This year, the Organization is producing a suite of new informational materials to support breastfeeding women, responding to common questions and concerns.

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