Health Report - Breastfeeding in the First Hour After Birth

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VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in English. Sometimes simple actions taken at the right time do a lot of good. A new report says than 800,000 babies could be saved each year if mothers begin breastfeeding within the first hour after giving . Save the Children released the report. It calls breastfeeding of the best ways to prevent malnutrition. Hunger is major killer of children under the age of five. Miles is head of Save the Children. She explains getting mothers to start breastfeeding can sometimes be the part. The first milk from mothers is called colostrum. is a highly nutritious form of breast milk. Colostrum build the baby's immune system and works best in first hours after a mother gives birth. Colostrum is , sticky breast milk. The World Health Organization calls it "perfect food for the newborn." Save the Children describes as a child's "first immunization." But Carolyn Miles says, some cultures, there is a mistaken belief that colostrum dangerous. She says mothers in a lot of places the world throw away the colostrum. The World Health says mothers should feed their babies only breast milk the first six months. Carolyn Miles says babies do need anything else. After six months, the WHO says should continue along with other foods up to two of age or beyond. The Save the Children report, "Superfood for Babies," examined barriers to breastfeeding. These include beliefs as well as a shortage of health workers developing countries. Carolyn Miles says health workers, with basic , can help mothers start and continue to breastfeed. For Learning English, I'm Carolyn Presutti. (Adapted from a radio broadcast 20Feb2013)

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