Hall assured mothers that breast milk could give their babies all the nutrition they need.
“You don’t need additional milk formula or food during the first six months of life,†she said.
“It will also protect the baby from infection because the mom will give the baby antibodies through the breast milk. And those babies will need that antibodies right now.â€
Hall said the baby will need antibodies to protect themselves from infection even during good times.
“And, right now, living in this difficult situation at the Yolanda-battered areas, the babies will need as much protection as possible,†she said, adding that the donation of milk formula could discourage women from breastfeeding.
WHO estimates that 22 percent of infant deaths could be prevented if breastfeeding could be initiated in the first hour of a newborn’s life.
Breastfeeding is known to reduce the risks of sepsis or blood infection in the first month of life; diarrhea, pneumonia, necrotizing entero-colitis or a gut problem in pre-term babies, ear infections, sudden infant death syndrome, skin allergies, asthma, leukemia, type 1 diabetes and obesity.
Breastfeeding mothers can enjoy lower rates of type 2 diabetes, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, baby blues or post-partum depression.
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