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UN: Global progress on breastfeeding "stalled"
05.08.2015 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
In a statement to mark World Breastfeeding Week, the UN Childrens Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have said that now globally only 38% of infants are breastfed during the first six months of life, UN Radio reports.
It is to be admitted, earlier the UN had set a global target of increasing breastfeeding rates for children under six months of age to at least 50% by 2025.
As to the report, the agencies added that while breastfeeding rates have increased in all regions of the world, global progress towards the 50 per cent target has stalled. Research has shown that infants who were breastfed for at least one year stay in school longer, score higher on intelligence tests and earn more as adults than those who were breastfed for only a month.
Reportedly, the agencies said that governments should make breastfeeding a priority in national development plans and should work with communities and families to promote its benefits.
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