Global 🌎 🤱
🤱Breastfeeding can save more than 820,000 children lives under age 5 annually
🤱Breastfeeding can prevent 20,000 maternal mothers from breast cancer annually
🤱 7.6 million babies are not breastfed
🤱 Australia, UK and 50 states in US, Philippines have Laws/Acts that protect public breastfeeding
India 🇮🇳 🤱
😮 India ranks 56th amongst 76 countries surveyed in early initiation of breastfeeding.
😮 Only 41.6% of babies are breastfed within an hour of being born (early initiation)
😮 99,499 children die 💔 each year as a result of diarrhea or pneumonia that could have been prevented by early initiation of breastfeeding.
😮 The high level of 💔 child mortality and growing number of deaths in woman from cancer and the type II diabetes attributable to inadequate breastfeeding is estimated to drain Indian economy by $7 billion 💵
Benefits of Breastfeeding
🤱Infant Health: Protects children from vast range of illness including infection, diabetes, asthma, heart disease and obesity, as well as sudden infant death syndrome
🤱Mother’s Health: Protects mothers from breast cancer ♋️
🤱 Bonding: Supports mother-baby relationship and mental health of both