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個國家在慶祝世界母乳喂養周，以鼓勵全球范圍母乳喂養及提高嬰兒的健康水平。它是為紀念1990年8月世界衛生組織（WHO）和聯合國兒童基金會（UNICEF）決策者保護、促進和支持母乳喂養的"伊諾琴蒂"宣言。

    母乳喂養是給新生兒提供所需營養的最佳方式。WHO建議給嬰兒用母乳喂養到6個月大，然后繼續用母乳和添加了營養的補充食物喂養至2歲或更大些。

    2009年世界母乳喂養周的主題為"緊急狀態下的母乳喂養，你準備好了嗎？"這個主題加重了有必要保護、促進和支持在嬰幼兒的生存、健康和發展緊急狀態下的母乳喂養。

    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加大。在緊急狀況下，未經同意或不受控制的母乳替代品會毀了母乳喂養，應該避免。

    作為應急準備，醫院和其他保健服務應該培訓能夠幫助媽媽們確立母乳喂養和/或者克服困難的保健員。