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Early Breastfeeding: The Key to Cutting Mortality Rates of Babies
France Bégin
Senior Nutrition Adviser for Infant and Young Child Nutrition, UNICEF headquarters in New York
France Bégin Senior Nutrition Adviser for Infant and Young Child Nutrition, UNICEF headquarters in New York
More than half of all newborns are not breastfed in the first hour after birth – which could be the difference between life and death. More needs to be done to help women make informed choices about breastfeeding, writes UNICEF’s France Begin.