The lives of 95 babies could be saved every hour if mothers started breastfeeding their newborns in the hour after their birth.
Receiving a mother’s first milk within an hour will kick start the child’s immune system, making a newborn three times more likely to survive.
According to a report by Save the Children, if the mother continues feeding for the next six months, then a child growing up in the developing world is up to 15 times less likely to die from killer diseases such as pneumonia and diarrhea..
 According to the charity, there has been enormous progress in reducing child mortality, but more could be done if mothers were encouraged to breastfeed.
According to the report, called Superfood For Babies, Breastfeeding rates are declining across East Asia and in some of Africa’s most populous countries such as Ethiopia and Nigeria.