Announcement

Cost of Not Breastfeeding interactive tool

12 Jul 19
Author(s)Dylan Walters, Roger Mathisen, Linh TH Phan
Topic(s): Breastfeeding
Location: Global
Audience: Employers, Policy makers and legislators, Program designers and implementers
Organization: Alive & Thrive
Programs: Policy advocacy
CONB tool
CONB tool

Globally, nearly 600,000 children and nearly 100,000 women die each year due to inadequate breastfeeding. These preventable deaths, combined with cognitive losses, and health system costs of inadequate breastfeeding leads to over $340 billion in economic losses annually. Explore the data in 34 countries using this interactive tool. The data calls for immediate scaling up of financing and implementation of policies, programs, and interventions to meet the World Health Assembly’s breastfeeding target by 2025.

 
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