The cost of not breastfeeding in Southeast Asia
| Autor: | Dylan Walters, Linh Thi Hong Phan, Pipit Pitriyan, Adiatma Y. M. Siregar, Roger Mathisen, Christiane Rudert, Nemat Hajeebhoy, Susan Horton |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Economic growth
economic evaluation costing Cost-Benefit Analysis Population Breastfeeding Developing country 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Environmental health cost benefit analysis Infant Mortality Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education health care economics and organizations Asia Southeastern and child health education.field_of_study Breastfeeding promotion Cost–benefit analysis business.industry Health Policy Incidence Child Health Infant Newborn Infant Original Articles Health Care Costs Southeast Asia Infant mortality Child mortality nutrition Breast Feeding Child Preschool Economic evaluation business maternal newborn |
| Zdroj: | Health Policy and Planning |
| ISSN: | 1460-2237 0268-1080 |
| Popis: | Rates of exclusive breastfeeding are slowly increasing, but remain suboptimal globally despite the health and economic benefits. This study estimates the costs of not breastfeeding across seven countries in Southeast Asia and presents a cost-benefit analysis of a modeled comprehensive breastfeeding strategy in Viet Nam, based on a large programme. There have been very few such studies previously for low- and middle-income countries. The estimates used published data on disease prevalence and breastfeeding patterns for the seven countries, supplemented by information on healthcare costs from representative institutions. Modelling of costs of not breastfeeding used estimated effects obtained from systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Modelling of cost-benefit for Viet Nam used programme data on costs combined with effects from a large-scale cluster randomized breastfeeding promotion intervention with controls. This study found that over 12 400 preventable child and maternal deaths per year in the seven countries could be attributed to inadequate breastfeeding. The economic benefits associated with potential improvements in cognition alone, through higher IQ and earnings, total $1.6 billion annually. The loss exceeds 0.5% of Gross National Income in the country with the lowest exclusive breastfeeding rate (Thailand). The potential savings in health care treatment costs ($0.3 billion annually) from reducing the incidence of diarrhoea and pneumonia could help offset the cost of breastfeeding promotion. Based on the data available and authors' assumptions, investing in a national breastfeeding promotion strategy in Viet Nam could result in preventing 200 child deaths per year and generate monetary benefits of US$2.39 for every US$1, or a 139% return on investment. These encouraging results suggest that there are feasible and affordable opportunities to accelerate progress towards achieving the Global Nutrition Target for exclusive breastfeeding by 2025. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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