Literature Review On Breastfeeding

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The Importance and Impact of Proper Health and Maternal Nutritional Status along with Breastfeeding on the Survival of Infants and Children:
In the past two decades, child mortality has decreased substantially; however, around seven million children under the age of five years still die on a yearly basis. Most of these deaths are from preventable causes. Out of the seven million deaths it is estimated that newborns alone constitute almost half of it. Efforts in reducing neonatal mortality rates have been made and one of the most important factors is having immediate breastfeeding, which is defined as putting the baby to the mother’s breast within an hour after birth in order to help lower mortality.
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The National Campaign to Support Breastfeeding used the slogan "No substitute for a mother 's milk" and was launched by the Ministry of Public Health, the United Nations Children 's Fund (UNICEF), World Vision in Lebanon (World Vision), World Health Organization in Lebanon (WHO), and the International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) within the National Campaign to Support Breastfeeding. The slogan was launched in a press conference held on Wednesday, August 25th 2015.
Dr. Reyn Decker, National Director of World Vision in Lebanon, stated: “It has become necessary to raise the rates of breastfeeding through awareness campaigns showing its importance. These campaigns should support breastfeeding and preserve it as well". …show more content…

This effort was a call for the support for appropriate infant and young child feeding in the current refugees situation in Lebanon, and caution about unnecessary and potentially harmful donations and use of breast-milk substitutes. This program focuses on the encouragement of exclusive breastfeeding and on the prohibition of general distributions that includes breast-milk substitutes or other milk products. In addition to that, it is important that organizations must never accept unsolicited donations of any milk

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