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At a water pump in a camp for Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh. ©WHOThis week’s feature shows some of the ways that contributions to WHO are helping save the lives of children, from those caught in an historic drought in the Horn of Africa to those fleeing war in Ukraine.Read also about the battle to end pediatric HIV, malaria and noma, stop polio, prevent drowning, and promote breastfeeding and vaccination.Protect and promote breastfeeding, leaders urgeA breastfeeding mother in Burkina Faso. ©UNICEFBreastfeeding provides a ready, nutritious food source for babies, and governments should use their resources to support it, WHO and UNICEF urged during World Breastfeeding Week in August.The two organizations called upon countries and other stakeholders to make policies that provide mothers with the time, space and support they need to breastfeed.WHO points out the special resource breastfeeding provides in emergency situations, where food might be more difficult to obtain.Read about World Breastfeeding Week activities in: Malawi, Somalia, TajikistanRamping up the polio response in AfricaTwo-year-old Farhiyo gets a mark on her fingernail to show that she has been vaccinated. ©WHO/Somalia/Ilyas AhmedMass-vaccination campaigns are under way in southern Africa after a case of wild poliovirus was detected earlier this year in Malawi.“This is a dangerous disease with no cure, but full vaccination can prevent paralysis,” said Dr Modjirom Ndoutabe, Polio Programme Coordinator at WHO’s Regional Office for Africa. “We are supporting these five countries (Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe) to deliver quality and effective vaccination campaigns, which will safeguard children and stamp out the virus.”WHO’s International

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