Nursing Archives - News@Media https://news.media.co.za/category/all/health/nursing/ Latest News & Press Releases Mon, 09 May 2016 13:22:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://news.media.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cropped-SA-shines-as-a-prime-conference-destination-32x32.png Nursing Archives - News@Media https://news.media.co.za/category/all/health/nursing/ 32 32 Laws to protect breastfeeding inadequate in most countries https://news.media.co.za/laws-to-protect-breastfeeding-inadequate-in-most-countries/ Mon, 09 May 2016 13:22:16 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=4380 A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) reveals the status of national laws to protect and promote breastfeeding. Of the 194 countries analysed in the report, 135 have in place some form of legal measure related to the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk […]

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]]> WHO expresses great concern over newborn deaths in Libya https://news.media.co.za/who-expresses-great-concern-over-newborn-deaths-in-libya/ Fri, 06 May 2016 11:04:47 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=4364 6 May 2016, Tunis, Tunisia — WHO expresses great concern over the death of 12 newborns in the Sabah Medical Centre neonatal intensive care unit in Sabha, southern Libya. The deaths occurred as a result of a bacterial infection and lack of specialized health staff to provide medical care. “These tragic deaths occurred as a […]

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