World Breastfeeding Week 2025 History Significance and Theme | When and why is World Breastfeeding Week celebrated

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Highlights
- World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year in the first week of August.
- Breastfeeding protects children from diseases and improves mothers’ health.
- The theme of 2025: ‘Give priority to breastfeeding: Make permanent support systems’.
What is the theme of Breastfeeding Week this time
This time the theme of World Breastfeeding Week is ‘Give priority to breastfeeding: Make permanent support systems’. Its purpose is to improve the health of mothers and children. This theme emphasizes the safety of the environment along with encouraging mothers to breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is the best way to keep children healthy according to WHO and UNICEF. It contains nutrients and antibodies that protect children from diseases like diarrhea and pneumonia. It also reduces the risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer and type-2 diabetes in mothers.
Only so many infants can get breast milk
In today’s time, only 48 percent of children worldwide are able to breastfeed completely till the age of six months. In the last twelve years, this number has increased by 10 percent, which has saved the lives of millions of children. Nevertheless, by the year 2025, 50 percent of the children need more hard to achieve the target of providing full breastfeeding. According to UNICEF data, the life of about 8.2 lakh children can be saved every year by improving the rate of breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is also the safest and accessible source of nutrition for children even in emergency situations.
Breast milk protects your baby from diseases
Today, about 48 percent of children worldwide are able to start healthy life well as compared to before. When mothers get appropriate help to breastfeed their infants, it benefits everyone. Statistics show that if breastfeeding rates are improved, more than 8,20,000 children can be saved every year. In this important phase of early development of infants, antibodies present in breast milk protect them from diseases and deaths.
Breast feeding in emergency is very important
This is very important in especially in emergency situations, when it is difficult for the child to get safe and nutritious food. Breast feeding is not only important for infants and mothers, but also for the entire environment and society. It not only protects the health of children but also strengthens the foundation of healthy and happy life in the society. Therefore, World Breastfeeding Week is organized with great enthusiasm and awareness.

Amit Upadhyay is working as a senior sub-editor in the lifestyle team of News18 Hindi. He has about 8 years of experience in print and digital media. He writes stories on the topic related to health and lifestyle. ,Read more
Amit Upadhyay is working as a senior sub-editor in the lifestyle team of News18 Hindi. He has about 8 years of experience in print and digital media. He writes stories on the topic related to health and lifestyle. , Read more