Increasing breastfeeding could save 800 000 children and US$ 300 billion every year

Maternal health

EPA/Alex Hofford

29 January 2016 -- A major new Series on breastfeeding, published in “The Lancet”, finds that despite strong health and economic benefits from breastfeeding, few children are exclusively breastfed until 6 months, as recommended by WHO. Globally, an estimated 1 in 3 infants under 6 months are exclusively breastfed – a rate that has not improved in 2 decades.

• Read about the new Lancet Series on breastfeeding

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