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In October,2015, The World Bank Global Practices Vice President, Kieth Hansen, provided a highlight of the Seventh Annual Summit on Breastfeeding, First Food: The Essential Role of Breastfeeding in “The Power of Nutrition and the Power of Breastfeeding,” published in Breastfeeding Medicine.
“Children who escape undernutrition are much more likely to survive and stay in school, and they’re much more likely to escape poverty—about 33% more likely on average,” Hansen said. “And their wages are anywhere from 5% to 50% higher than their peers who were not able to escape.”
In regards to undernutrition, overall health, and the economy, Hansen says that breastfeeding may be the single most effective investment a country can make.
He discusses prioritizing and financing breastfeeding-friendly settings through the health sector as well as through workplace policies and social protection programs.
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