If all women breast-fed their babies longer, 820,000 babies a year and 20,000 women would not die.
These striking estimates are from a report 18 months in the making and
that UNICEF is presenting to its 190 partner countries this week.
An international group of researchers studied some 1,300 reports,
including 22 commissioned specifically for this mega study. Babies, who
often die from diarrhea and respiratory infections, and women, who die
from breast cancer, could be saved if all women continued to nurse their
babies until at least 2 years old.
