cost of not breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit
Updated: July 18, 2019
Cost of Not Breastfeeding Tool

This tool was created by Alive & Thrive to help determine the future economic losses of low- and middle-income countries due to not breastfeeding according to recommendations. All monetary values are presented in US dollars.

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