Why Breastfeeding to

newborn is Important?
A General Perspective

April
2019
 Importance
• One of the cost-effective ways to boost
children’s health.
• UNICEF: 7 Million children under five years of
age die each year, mainly from preventable
causes like Pneumonia and Diarrhoea.
• Early and exclusive Breastfeeding helps
children survive and also helps in healthy brain
development, improves cognitive performance
and is associated with better educational
achievement at age 5.

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 Some Facts and Figures
• Breastfeeding within an hour of birth could prevent 20% of the newborn deaths.
• Infants who are not breastfed are 15 times more likely to die from pnuemonia and 11
times more likely to die from diarrhoea than children who are exclusively breastfed,
which are two leading causes of death in children under-five years of age.
• With a total of 2,60,990 deaths of children under 5 years of age due to pneumonia and
diarrhoea, India continues to top the list of 15 countries with the most casualties. While
1,58,176 children under 5 died of pneumonia, diarrhoea accounted for 1,02,813 deaths in
2016. (International Vaccine Access Center)
• Children who were not breastfed are at increased risk for diabetes, obesity, allergies,
asthma, childhood leukemia, sudden infant death syndrome etc.
• A recently released report by UNICEF and WHO on early initiation of breastfeeding
ranked India at 56th Position among 76 countries. The ranking is topped by Sri Lanka.
• Countries like Kazakhsthan, Rwanda, Bhutan and Uruguay have fared much better than
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