TEHRAN, October 9 - The United Nations children's agency (UNICEF) has warned that the lives of tens of thousands of children in Mali are being threatened by acute mal nutrition as violence and instability fuel a deepening nutrition crisis in the West African country.
Tehran, YJC. -- Only 37 countries, or 19% of those reporting, have passed laws reflecting all the recommendations of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report published during World Breastfeeding Week. The week is celebrated in more than 170 countries from 1 to 7 August.