{"id":1864,"date":"2018-07-31T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T09:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2022-01-03T09:59:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T09:59:18","slug":"3-in-5-babies-not-breastfed-in-the-first-hour-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthrights.mk\/?p=1864","title":{"rendered":"3 in 5 babies not breastfed in the first hour of life"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Breastfeeding within an hour after birth is critical for saving newborn lives<\/strong><\/p>\n

News Release – New York \/ Geneva<\/strong><\/p>\n

An estimated 78 million babies \u2013 or three in five \u2013 are not breastfed within the first hour of life, putting them at higher risk of death and disease and making them less likely to continue breastfeeding, say UNICEF and WHO in\u00a0a new report<\/a>. Most of these babies are born in low- and middle-income countries.<\/p>\n

The report notes that newborns who breastfeed in the first hour of life are significantly more likely to survive. Even a delay of a few hours 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, also called the baby\u2019s \u2018first vaccine\u2019, which is extremely rich in nutrients and antibodies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it comes to the start of breastfeeding, timing is everything. In many countries, it can even be a matter of life or death,\u201d says Henrietta H. Fore, UNICEF Executive Director. \u201cYet each 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. Mothers simply don\u2019t receive enough support to breastfeed within those crucial minutes after birth, even from medical personnel at health facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Breastfeeding rates within the first hour after birth are highest in Eastern and Southern Africa (65%) and lowest in East Asia and the Pacific (32%), the report says. Nearly 9 in 10 babies born in Burundi, Sri Lanka and Vanuatu are breastfed within the first hour. By contrast, only two in 10 babies born in Azerbaijan, Chad and Montenegro do so.*<\/p>\n

\u201cBreastfeeding gives children the best possible start in life,\u201d says Dr 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

Capture the Moment,\u00a0<\/em>which analyzes data from 76 countries,\u00a0<\/em>finds that despite the importance of early initiation of breastfeeding, too many newborns are left waiting too long for different reasons, including:<\/p>\n