Virtually every country around the world observes World Breastfeeding Week each year for good reason: breastfeeding is one of the smartest investments that a country, a community, and a family can make.
The theme of this year’s World Breastfeeding Week is "Sustaining Breastfeeding Together," because all of us – governments, decision-makers, development partners, professional bodies, academia, media, advocates, and other stakeholders – must work together to strengthen existing partnerships and forge new ways to invest in and support breastfeeding for a more sustainable future.
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母乳喂养有助于使世界各地的儿童具有最健康的生活开端。
Breastfeeding helps provide children everywhere with the healthiest start to life.
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母乳中有抗体，可发挥孩子的第一个疫苗作用。
It acts as the child’s first vaccine by providingantibodies.
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它有助于健康生长和发 育，对儿童在关键的头两年以及以后的生活带来保护。
It contributes to healthy growth and development, protecting children during their critical first two years, as well as later in life.
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母乳喂养对母亲也有裨益，可降低乳腺癌、卵巢癌和糖尿病发生风险。
And breastfeeding also benefits mothers, decreasing their risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and diabetes.
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促进实现可持续发展目标
Enabling the Sustainable Development Goals
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母乳喂养不仅对母亲和婴儿有益，对于实现许多可持续发展目标也至关重要。
Breastfeeding is good not only for mothers and babies.