ReviewFrontiers in public health2023
Global lessons for strengthening breastfeeding as a key pillar of food security.
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- Complex intertwined association between breastfeeding practices and household food insecurity: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Pooled it
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- Breast milk cytokines and infant growth trajectories in a low-income community in Bangladesh.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Breastfeeding among contemporary Australian populations and 2025 national targets: a scoping review of current data and implications for policy and practice.International breastfeeding journal · 2026Article
- The Breastfeeding Food Security Assessment Scale (BFSAS): Development and Validation Among Breastfeeding Women in Lebanon.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Support for infant and young child feeding and care in emergencies: experiences from Australia and eleven other high-income countries.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Risk factors for treatment failure in lactational mastitis: a retrospective cohort study in China.International breastfeeding journal · 2025Article
- Breastfeeding Promotion in Maternity Wards From a Socioeconomic View.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Investigation of the sustainability of breastfeeding and infant nutrition in the earthquake region based on mothers' experiences: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Climate change, evolution, and reproductive health: The impact of water insecurity and heat stress on pregnancy and lactation.Evolution, medicine, and public health · 2025Review
- Trends and determinants of exclusive and predominant breastfeeding practices for two decades (2000-2019) in Ethiopia.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Applying authoritative knowledge to better understand preparation for breastfeeding.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated factors: a risk to sustainable development.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2025Article
- Inequalities in large-scale breastfeeding programmes in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso and Vietnam.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
- Emergency response and preparedness among Polish human milk banks: a comparison of the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- The epidemiology and associated factors of non-exclusive breastfeeding: a comparative cross-sectional study of livelihood-secure and insecure areas.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- A long-acting prolactin to combat lactation insufficiency.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Breastfeeding is identified as a central pillar of food security by the World Health Organization, however globally significant challenges remain in achieving breastfeeding targets for early initiation, exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, and continued breastfeeding for 2 years and beyond. Inadequate support in health systems, poor maternity protections and workplace policies, and insufficient regulation of commercial milk formulas, among other barriers, continue to undermine this key pillar across nations. This paper highlights the central importance of breastfeeding for food security across diverse global settings by examining three case studies: Honduras, Pakistan and the USA. The cases highlight the complex layering and intersections of key challenges that threaten breastfeeding in the era of pandemics, the climate crisis, conflict and global inequality. Lessons drawn from these case studies, combined with additional insights, reinforce the importance of multisectorial collaboration to scale up investment in creating equitable, enabling environments for breastfeeding. These structural and systems approaches can successfully strengthen the breastfeeding ecosystem to ensure greater first food system resilience in the face of global crises, which compound maternal and infant vulnerabilities. Additionally, the cases add urgency for greater attention to prioritizing breastfeeding and incorporating IYCF-E protocols into disaster preparedness and management into the policy agenda, as well as ensuring that first food security is considered in energy policy. An integrated approach to policy change is necessary to recognize and strengthen breastfeeding as a pivotal part of ensuring food security across the globe.
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