Human Wrongs Watch
Three-in-five babies, mostly born in low- and middle-income countries, are not breastfed within the first hour of life, placing them at higher risk of death and disease, according to a new United Nations report launched on 30 July 2018.
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UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi A newborn sleeps in his mother’s arms, in a health centre in Accra, Ghana.
In the report, Capture the Moment, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) note that while newborns who breastfeed in the first hour of life are significantly more likely to survive, they estimate that 78 million newborns are excluded.
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