Most Child Deaths Due To Lack Of Breastfeeding In India, Says Nirmal Singh 3c


Breastfeeding helps in preventing diseases in children like pneumonia and diarrhea that are two main causes of deaths in infants in India, but it also helps in minimizing the risk of breast cancer in women.
For some reason people in India do not realize the importance of breastfeeding – it is an essential time in a child’s life, not only for his mental development but also to strengthen the immune system. Properly maintaining a diet through breastfeeding will help your child fight better against life threatening diseases like diarrhea and pneumonia. - Nirmal Singh 3C

Mother’s milk is filled with nutrients that are good for the health of the baby. As per the health guidelines for new mothers and infants by WHO, breastfeeding is the only source of nutrition for babies, at least, for the first six months of their lives.
Recently, a new report was released that stated that the economic cost leading to cognitive losses and deaths due to lack of breastfeeding in children will rise up to USD 119 billion per year in China, Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and India. - Nirmal Singh 3C

There is a 55 percent exclusive breastfeeding rate in India, despite the number being this high, more than 99000 infants die in India each year as a result of diseases that can be prevented with breastfeeding: diarrhea and pneumonia.

The report also revealed that India is under threat of losing a whopping USD 14 billion each year due to the high level of child mortality and deaths in women because of breast cancers, type II diabetes. Inadequate breastfeeding in India will cost 0.70 percent of the country’s GNI [gross national income]. When the numbers were broken down, it was revealed that USD 7 billion will be the cost of the cognitive losses occurred by the deaths of children and women. The other 7 billion will go to the diseases that will occur due to inadequate breastfeeding. - Nirmal Singh 3C

The director of WHO said in a recent interview that breastfeeding is actually like the first vaccine for our children. It gives the best possible start to them, he added.
194 countries were evaluated and none of them met the standards and minimum breastfeeding requirements. Only 40 percent of children who are younger than six months get only breast-milk as their source of nutrition and only 23 countries have a rate higher than 60%.


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