Refine Your Search

Refine your keyword search to narrow your results.

More Countries in Asia
More Countries in Africa
More Countries in Americas

Subjects
Micronutrients

Learning Resource Types
Clear Filters

Alive & Thrive

6  in ‘Alive & Thrive’.

News

August 2, 2022

Increased country-level support for breastfeeding could save the global economy US $1.5 billion every day

Insufficient support for breastfeeding costs the global economy billions of dollars in increased child and maternal mortality, cognitive losses and additional healthcare costs.

Arrow pointing right

Blog Posts

August 2, 2022

What a lack of breastfeeding support is costing the world

A lack of promotion, protection and support for breastfeeding is costing governments around the world more than $570 billion every year.

Arrow pointing right

Brief

July 28, 2022

The Global Cost of Not Breastfeeding

The global brief outlines the key findings from the updated Cost of Not Breastfeeding Tool, as well as highlights results for a few selected countries.

Arrow pointing right

July 28, 2022

The Cost of Not Breastfeeding Tool

Quantifying the country-level health, human capital and economic consequences of not protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding.

Arrow pointing right

Blog Posts

August 6, 2019

Investing in breastfeeding is vital to improving human capital

Breastfeeding is vital for children to reach their human capital potential since it affects all of its drivers: survival, health, and cognition.

Arrow pointing right

Blog Posts

July 17, 2019

"Losing a billion dollars a day": The Cost of Not Breastfeeding

Each year the lack of breastfeeding newborns and young children according to WHO and UNICEF recommendations costs nearly 700,000 lives and $341 billion globally.

Arrow pointing right