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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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