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About Wellness Breast Milk Can Save 1 Million Lives Yearly Breastfeeding a child exclusively during the first six months can save 1.3 million infant lives each year, U.N. advocates said Thursday. In honor of World Breastfeeding Week, the United Nations International Children's Fund has been promoting breastfeeding for providing all of a baby's needed nutrients, antibodies, hormones and protections from diarrhea and infections. Globally, only 39 percent of babies are exclusively breast-fed in their first six months, UNICEF officials said. Every year, more than 10 million children die from mainly preventable causes, such as diarrhea, pneumonia, measles and malaria, officials said. If every baby were exclusively breast-fed for the first six months of life, an estimated 3,500 children would be saved each day, officials said. In the first two months of life, an infant who is not exclusively breast-fed is up to 25 times more likely to die from diarrhea and four times more likely to die from pneumonia than a breast-fed baby, UNICEF said. Not breastfeeding also stalls a child's growth and increases risk of health problems later in life, UNICEF said. Copyright 2004 by United Press International. All rights reserved. - Updated: August 17, 2004 |
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