New York — During World Breastfeeding Week starting today, Unicef is focusing on breastfeeding as the most effective and inexpensive way of saving a child's life. But with less than half of all children under six months Benefiting from exclusive breastfeeding, strong leadership in promoting the practice is essential.
"There is no other single health intervention that has such a high impact for babies and mothers as breastfeeding and which costs so little for governments," said UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Geeta Rao Gupta. "Breastfeeding is a baby's 'first immunization' and the most effective and inexpensive life-saver ever."
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