Abstract

Breastfeeding has been linked with both short‑term and long‑termmerits pertaining to the health, financial, and environmentalattributes of the children, women, and the community.[1] In fact,it has been anticipated that more than 0.8 million under‑fivechildren lives can be saved by just ensuring that all childrenin the age group of 0–23 months are exclusively breastfed.[2]The available evidence depicts that the value of breastfeedingis much acknowledged in the low‑ and middle‑income nations,but the doubts still prevail in developed nations, as reflectedby shorter duration of breastfeeding.[2] Despite that <40% ofchildren <6 months of age are exclusively breastfed.

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