{"id":1855,"date":"2018-08-01T11:01:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T11:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2021-12-24T11:01:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T11:01:43","slug":"when-it-comes-to-breastfeeding-timing-is-everything-in-saving-newborn-lives-unicef-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/?p=1855","title":{"rendered":"When it comes to breastfeeding, \u2018timing is everything\u2019 in saving newborn lives \u2013 UNICEF chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u0418\u0437\u0432\u043e\u0440: \u041e\u0440\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0458\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u041e\u0431\u0435\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0438<\/strong> – <\/strong>01.08.2018<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

UNICEF\/Giacomo Pirozzi<\/em><\/p>\n

A newborn sleeps in his mother’s arms, in a health centre in Accra, Ghana<\/em><\/p>\n

Health<\/a><\/p>\n

Three-in-five babies, mostly born in low- and middle-income countries, are not breastfed within the first hour of life, placing them at higher risk of death and disease, according to a new United Nations report launched on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it comes to the start of breastfeeding, timing is everything,\u201d said Henrietta Fore, the UN Children\u2019s Fund<\/a>\u2019s (UNICEF) Executive Director, on the eve of World Breastfeeding Week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn many countries, it can even be a matter of life or death,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

In the report, Capture the Moment<\/a>, UNICEF and the World Health Organization<\/a> (WHO) note that while newborns who breastfeed in the first hour of life are significantly more likely to survive, they estimate that 78 million newborns are excluded.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach year, millions of newborns miss out on the benefits of early breastfeeding and the reasons \u2013 all too often \u2013 are things we can change,\u201d she continued. \u201cMothers simply don\u2019t receive enough support to breastfeed within those crucial minutes after birth, even from medical personnel at health facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

World Breastfeeding Week<\/a> is celebrated annually from 1 to 7 August to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world by providing infants with the nutrients they need.<\/p>\n

Even a few hours delay after birth could pose life-threatening consequences. Skin-to-skin contact along with suckling at the breast stimulate the mother\u2019s production of breastmilk, including colostrum, which is produced ahead of regular milk, in the first few days after giving birth. It is so rich in nutrients and antibodies, that it is often referred to as the baby\u2019s first vaccine.<\/p>\n

According to the report, 65 per cent of countries in Eastern and Southern Africa have the highest rate of breastfeeding within the first hour, while East Asia and the Pacific have the lowest rate with only 32 percent benefitting from the early initiation.<\/p>\n

While nearly nine-in-ten babies born in Burundi, Sri Lanka and Vanuatu are breastfed within that first hour, only two-in-10 born in Azerbaijan, Chad and Montenegro were nursed.<\/p>\n

\u201cBreastfeeding gives children the best possible start in life,\u201d said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. \u201cWe must urgently scale up support to mothers \u2013 be it from family members, health care workers, employers and governments, so they can give their children the start they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Analyzing data from 76 countries, the report reveals some of the reasons why too many newborns are left waiting.<\/p>\n

One common practice is to discard colostrum, and instead feed the infant honey, sugar water or infant formula, which also delays a newborn\u2019s first critical contact with its mother.<\/p>\n

The rise in elective C-sections also has an impact, with a study across 51 countries noting that in this type of delivery, initiation rates among newborns are significantly lower.<\/p>\n

Earlier studies, cited in the report, show that newborns who began breastfeeding between two and 23 hours after birth, had a 33 per cent greater risk of dying, compared to those who breastfed within one hour. And the risk more than doubled among newborns who started a day or more after birth.<\/p>\n

The report urges governments and other decision-makers to adopt strong legal measures to restrict the marketing of infant formula<\/a> and other breastmilk substitutes to help address the situation.<\/p>\n

The WHO and UNICEF-led Global Breastfeeding Collective<\/a> also released the 2018 Global Breastfeeding Scorecard<\/a>, which tracks progress for and urges countries to advance breastfeeding policies and programmes to help mothers breastfeed their babies in the first hour of life.<\/p>\n

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