UNICEF urges new mothers to start breastfeeding within hour of birth, providing baby’s ‘first vaccine’

UNICEF urges new mothers to start breastfeeding within hour of birth, providing baby’s ‘first vaccine’
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today that some 77 million of the world’s newborns – or 1 in 2 – are not breastfed within the first hour of birth, depriving them of essential nutrients and antibodies and thus exposing them to an increased risk of death.
UNICEF urges new mothers to start breastfeeding within hour of birth, providing baby’s ‘first vaccine’
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population