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The Benefits of Breastfeeding

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The Benefits of Breastfeeding: Healthy Moms, Babies – and Economies
A nurse helps a new mother at a hospital in Rwanda
A new series on breastfeeding in The Lancet journal highlights breastfeeding’s significant health and economic benefits. Breastfeeding is an important component in USAID’s maternal and child health and nutrition efforts. Photo credit: Amy Fowler/USAID.
The Benefits of Breastfeeding: Low Investment, High Impact
A mother nurses her child in a hospital in Rwanda
Increased rates of breastfeeding could save more than 820,000 lives, 87 percent of them infants, in low- and middle-income countries. Exclusively-breastfed infants have only one-eighth the risk of death as non-breastfed infants. Photo credit: Amy Fowler/USAID.
The Benefits of Breastfeeding: 1,000 Days: The Critical Window
A mother and her newborn child in Rwanda
USAID’s Gimbuka project in Rwanda works to reduce stunting in children under 5. Exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months of life greatly improves infants’ and children’s nutritional health. Photo credit: Amy Fowler/USAID.
The Benefits of Breastfeeding: Immediate and Exclusive Breastfeeding
A mother nurses her newborn in a hospital in Nigeria
Immediate breastfeeding after birth, as well as exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months, is identified in USAID’s Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy as a high-impact intervention for reducing malnutrition among young children. Photo credit: Amy Fowler/USAID.
The Benefits of Breastfeeding: Happy Babies, Healthy Moms
A mother nurses her child in Senegal
Breastfeeding is also important for maternal health, reducing the risks for both breast and ovarian cancers. Nearly 20,000 maternal deaths from breast cancer are averted annually through breastfeeding. Photo credit: Jane Silcock/USAID.
The Benefits of Breastfeeding: A Smart Investment
A father looks down at this newborn child in Haiti
The global cognitive losses from not breastfeeding amount to $302 billion each year. Working with community leaders, mothers-in-law, and husbands – like this new father in Haiti – can help create supportive environments. Photo credit: Kendra Helmer/USAID.
The Benefits of Breastfeeding: USAID’s Accelerator Behaviors
A health care worker teaches health behaviors for pregnant women.
Through behavior change and communication interventions, USAID promotes healthy behaviors for pregnant women and mothers, including breastfeeding, which is among 10 high-impact Accelerator Behaviors identified by USAID. Photo credit: Amy Fowler/USAID.
The Benefits of Breastfeeding: It Takes a Village
A new mother sits with others from her village
Bishnu Buda, a female community health volunteer in Jumla, Nepal, uses a simple visual aid to counsel mothers in essential newborn care practices – including early, exclusive breastfeeding. Change begins at the community level. Photo credit: USAID Nepal.
The Benefits of Breastfeeding: An Integrated Approach
An expectant mother in a hospital in Rwanda
By making data-driven decisions and implementing evidence-based interventions, USAID is working to reach 38 million women worldwide with improved health services by 2020. Breastfeeding is an important part of our efforts. Photo credit: Amy Fowler/USAID.
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A nurse helps a new mother at a hospital in Rwanda
A mother nurses her child in a hospital in Rwanda
A mother and her newborn child in Rwanda
A mother nurses her newborn in a hospital in Nigeria
A mother nurses her child in Senegal
A father looks down at this newborn child in Haiti
A health care worker teaches health behaviors for pregnant women.
A new mother sits with others from her village
An expectant mother in a hospital in Rwanda
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Community volunteers trained on land rights and gender equality advocacy
Vietnam | Support to Vulnerable Populations
February 22, 2016
A person with disabilities in Quang Nam province on a tricycle wheelchair provided with USAID support.
Vietnam | Support to Persons with Disabilities
November 9, 2016
USAID Donates Personal Protective Equipment to Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)
Vietnam | Pandemic Influenza and Other Emerging Threats
September 18, 2015
Launch of innovative HIV self-testing in Vietnam.
Vietnam | HIV/AIDS
November 9, 2016
USAID delegation visits Phu Ninh Protection Forest in Quang Nam.
Vietnam | Climate Change
November 9, 2016
Start of Second Phase of Dioxin Contamination Treatment at Danang Airport.
Vietnam | Environmental Assessment and Remediation
November 9, 2016
HEEAP faculty participant Dr.Nguyen Thi Hong Minh at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST)
Vietnam | Education
September 18, 2015
U.S. Ambassador Ted Osius speaks at a workshop on TPP opportunities and challenges for Vietnam.
Vietnam | Economic Growth and Trade
December 16, 2015

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