Being breastfed during infancy is known to improve developmental outcomes, but the pathways by which this occurs remain unclear. One possible yet unexplored mechanism is that breastfed infants may spend their time differently to infants who are not breastfed. This paper analyses infants' time use according to breastfeeding status in order to help inform the...

This review was originally scheduled for November 2008, close to the end of a three year USD$2 million support through UNFPA to strengthen reproductive health in Papua New Guinea.

This report documents and analyses the results of an end-line survey of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) project in Binh Dinh province (VIE/03/P20) for the period of 2004-2008. The project was implemented by the Binh Dinh People’s Committee, under support of the UNFPA and financial support of the NZAID for a total of US$3...

The failure to foresee the baby boom that began in Australia in 2005 and has now hit a thirty-year high has had serious consequences for public hospitals and birthing services.

This report explores five specific aspects of infants' and children's experiences, exposures and environments in relation to their Outcome Index scores.