Ethiopia: Exclusive Breastfeeding Prevents Child Deaths

Kokeb Negussie breastfeeding her son Moges.

Solutions are often not very simple, but when it comes to breastfeeding the evidence is overwhelming. A new series of articles published in the British medical journal The Lancet add more proof to the fact that exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a child's life is a substantial health benefit for both mothers and children. In short, it saves lives.

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