| No images? Click here  31 July 2025 | Issue 315  Suad (24), a refugee who fled conflict in Sudan, breastfeeds her 11-month-old twins in the malnutrition unit at a health centre in Adre, Chad, July 2024. © WHO / Nicolò Filippo Rosso   1 to 7 August 2025 World Breastfeeding Week World Breastfeeding Week is a time to recognize breastfeeding as a powerful foundation for lifelong health, development, and equity. Under the tagline: Invest in breastfeeding, invest in the future, this year’s campaign will shine a particular spotlight on the support women and babies need from the healthcare system through their breastfeeding journey. See the Campaign page for further information. In honour of World Breastfeeding Week 2025, the Global Breastfeeding Collective will host a webinar introducing three powerful tools countries can use to enhance the quality of breastfeeding support at every level of their healthcare systems. The Building healthcare systems that truly support breastfeeding webinar will be held at 08.00 CEST on Tuesday, 5 August and at 17.00 CEST on Wednesday, 6 August. See the event page for additional information and register here to participate. Simultaneous interpretation will be available in Arabic, English, Chinese, French, Spanish, and Russian.  Thursday, 7 August Ending mistreatment in maternal and newborn care The World Health Organization (WHO), together with partners, will publish a new Compendium to help countries provide respectful, dignified care and eliminate mistreatment across maternal and newborn health services. Providing practical resources for countries, this guide is a call to action for health systems to proactively embed dignity, equity, and respect into every aspect of maternity and newborn care – building on WHO’s 2014 statement on preventing disrespect and abuse. This mistreatment takes different forms, ranging from neglect and abuse to non-consensual medical procedures. An earlier WHO-supported study found that over 40% of women in four countries had experienced some sort of abuse or discrimination during labour or childbirth - with some being slapped, shouted at, or forcibly restrained. Embargoed materials and interviews are available on request by email to keenanl@who.int with a copy to mediainquiries@who.int.  Stories of interest:
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