Information About Breastfeeding During Emergencies

Multilingual information about coronavirus (COVID-19) and breastfeeding

​La Leche League (LLL) resources on breastfeeding during emergencies

Do women experiencing stress lose their breast milk?, multilingual
​www.lllasia.org/do-women-experiencing-stress-lose-their-breastmilk

LLL Asia & Middle East Arabic information, عربي
الرضاعة الطبيعية في حالات الطوارئ
​www.lllasia.org/arabic-emergency-info

LLL Bulgaria, български - Bulgarian
Кърмене в извънредни ситуации
​lllbg.org/2022/03/karmene-bedstvia/

LLL Asia & Middle East Chinese information, 中文
紧急情况下的母乳喂养
​www.lllasia.org/chinese-emergency-info

LLL Asia & Middle East information, Engish
www.lllasia.org/english-emergency-info

LLL Canada information, English
​www.lllc.ca/breastfeeding-emergencies-disasters-and-power-outages

LLL France information, Français - French
Allaitement en situation de crise
​www.lllfrance.org/vous-informer/votre-allaitement/situations-particulieres/1812-allaitement-en-situation-de-crise

LLL Great Britain information, English
​www.laleche.org.uk/breastfeeding-emergency-situations/

La Leche League International (LLLI) information, multilingual
​www.llli.org/breastfeeding-info/infant-feeding-emergencies-multilingual/
LLLI articles, English

• ​llli.org/disaster-breastfeeding-is-a-life-line/
• llli.org/eight-strategies-for-breastfeeding-during-a-natural-disaster/
• llli.org/lll-today-3-earthquake/
• ​llli.org/promoting-protecting-and-supporting-breastfeeding-in-covid-19-emergency/

LLL Italia video interview with Karleen Gribble "Breastfeeding protects in emergencies" - April 13, 2020
LLL Italia Video-intervista a Karleen Gribble "Nelle emergenze l’allattamento protegge" - 13 aprile 2020
​https://www.lllitalia.org/risorse/allattare-durante-un-emergenza
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LLL Japan information, 日本語 - Japanese
災害時のための情報
​llljapan.org/hisai_support/

LLL Romania information, Română - Romanian
​Alăptarea în situații de urgență
​lllromania.ro/2022/03/03/alaptarea-in-situatii-dificile-razboi/

LLL Latin America information on breastfeeding in emergency situations, Español - Spanish
La Lactancia Materna en Situaciones de Emergencia - Liga de La Leche en Latinoamérica
lalecheleague-ian.weebly.com/spanish-emergency-info

​​LLL USA information, English
​lllusa.org/breastfeeding-in-an-emergency/

LLL Turkey information, Türk - Turkish
Depremde Emzirme Desteği
​www.lllturkiye.org/2023/02/depremde-emzirme-destegi.html

Tear Gas Exposure and Breastfeeding  developed by LLL Asia & Middle East - December 18, 2019


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Other resources on breastfeeding during emergencies

​Breastfeeding is Emergency Preparedness a brochure on pregnancy - birth - infant & young child feeding by Magdalena Whoolery
Afrikaans
Shqiptare - Albanian
አማርኛ - Amharic
عربي - Arabic
中文 - Chinese
English
Français - French
Deutsch - German
हिन्दी - Hindi
Bahasa Indonesia - Indonesian
日本語 - Japanese
Melayu - Malay
Español - Spanish
Tetum (East Timor/Timor-Liste)
Türk - Turkish

Early Initiation of Breastfeeding During Emergencies an infographic published in 2021 by the Infant Feeding in Emergencies (IFE) Core Group
عربي - Arabic
English
Français - French
Italiano - Italian
日本語 - Japanese
Русский - Russian
​Türkçe - Turkish
українська - Ukrainian

​Feeding Babies During Emergencies a comic based on the IFE’s Operational Guidelines on Infant Feeding in Emergencies, multilingual

Infographic Series on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) published in 2021 by the Infant Feeding in Emergencies (IFE) Core Group, multilingual
www.ennonline.net/ifecoregroupinfographicseries

1. Early Initiation of Breastfeeding During Emergencies
2. Preventing and managing inappropriate donations of BMS   
3. Planning and managing artificial feeding interventions during emergencies
4. Supporting infants dependent on artificial feeding during emergencies
5. Infant feeding during infectious disease outbreaks: a guide for policy makers
6. Infant feeding during infectious disease outbreaks: a guide for programmers

Infant Feeding Support - Transit Guidelines a flyer developed by the facebook group "Infant Feeding Support for Refugee Children", multilingual

Operational Guidance on Infant Feeding in Emergencies (OG-IFE) version 3.0, multilingual
​www.ennonline.net/operationalguidance-v3-2017

Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats in wartime situations: The impact on breastfeeding safety and infant/ young child feeding practices created by the IFE Core Group Sub-Working Group on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) 2023
www.ennonline.net/cbrn-iycfe
українська - Ukrainian