vii Abbreviations ARA Arachidonic acid ARVs Anti-retroviral drugs BFHI Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative BMS Breast-milk substitute cm centimetre Code International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes(including subsequent relevant World Health Assembly resolutions) CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child DHA Docosahexaenoic acid EBM Expressed breast milk ENA Essential Nutrition Actions FIL Feedback inhibitor of lactation gram GnRH Gonadotrophic releasing hormone ILO International Labour Organization IMCI Integrated management of childhood illness IUGR Intrauterine growth retardation Kcal kilocalorie KMC Kangaroo mother care LBW Low birth weight ml millilitre MTCT Mother-to-child transmission of HIV MUAC Middle upper-arm circumference NGO Non-governmental organization RUTF Ready-to-use therapeutic food SGA Small for gestational age slgA secretory immunoglobulin A VBLW Very low birth weight WHA World Health Assemblyvii Abbreviations ARA Arachidonic acid ARVs Anti-retroviral drugs BFHI Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative BMS Breast-milk substitute cm centimetre Code International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (including subsequent relevant World Health Assembly resolutions) CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child DHA Docosahexaenoic acid EBM Expressed breast milk ENA Essential Nutrition Actions FIL Feedback inhibitor of lactation g gram GnRH Gonadotrophic releasing hormone ILO International Labour Organization IMCI Integrated management of childhood illness IUGR Intrauterine growth retardation Kcal kilocalorie KMC Kangaroo mother care LBW Low birth weight ml millilitre MTCT Mother-to-child transmission of HIV MUAC Middle upper-arm circumference NGO Non-governmental organization RUTF Ready-to-use therapeutic food SGA Small for gestational age slgA secretory immunoglobulin A VBLW Very low birth weight WHA World Health Assembly