LLL USA WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK CELEBRATIONS
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Q: What is World Breastfeeding Week and when and why is it celebrated?
A: World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is August 1st - 7th and celebrates the signing of the Innocenti Declaration on the Protection, Promotion and Support of Breastfeeding. Celebrated in over 120 countries, World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is the greatest outreach vehicle for the breastfeeding movement. It is officially celebrated from 1-;7 August. However, groups may choose other dates to make it a more successful event in their countries.
The Innocenti Declaration was produced and adopted in 1990 by participants at the WHO/UNICEF meeting on "Breastfeeding in the 1990s: A Global Initiative." Although remarkable progress has been made, in 2005 it was stated:
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We who are assembled in Florence, Italy, on this Twenty-Second Day of November 2005 to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Innocenti Declaration on the Protection, Promotion and Support of Breastfeeding
declare that these actions are urgent and necessary to ensure the best start in life for our children, for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, and for the realisation of the human rights of present and future generations. |
To see the 2005 document go to http://www.innocenti15.net/declaration.htm and click on language. You can also endorse the 2005 Declaration from this site.
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