Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 150
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 151
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Fewer kids under 3 breastfed within an hour of birth, finds NFHS-5 -Shruti Banerjee , Ashmita Sengupta and Pubali Bhattacharya

Fewer kids under 3 breastfed within an hour of birth, finds NFHS-5 -Shruti Banerjee , Ashmita Sengupta and Pubali Bhattacharya

Share this article Share this article
published Published on Dec 31, 2020   modified Modified on Jan 2, 2021

-Down to Earth

The highest percentage of children under three who were breastfed within one hour of birth was registered in Meghalaya, followed by Lakshwadeep, Kerala and Mizoram  

The number of women breastfeeding their newborns within an hour declined in the last five years, according to the recent National Family Health Survey (NFHS).

The women in urban regions of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli along with Bihar, Gujarat, Sikkim, Telangana and Tripura recorded a dip in the practice.

Out of the 17 states and five Union territories (UT) whose data was released by NFHS 5 (phase l), Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu showed the least percentage of children under three years and who were breastfed within an hour of birth. This was followed by Bihar, Sikkim, Tripura, Telengana and Gujarat.

The highest percentage of children under three breastfed within one hour of birth was registered in Meghalaya, followed by Lakshwadeep, Kerala and Mizoram.

Please click here to read more.


Down to Earth, 31 December, 2020, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/health/fewer-kids-under-3-breastfed-within-an-hour-of-birth-finds-nfhs-5-74854?fbclid=IwAR05J5dCJwrLpYby62m6qzeEEHECPH1cFbEPWD0Nr1vkBxCuzAj54pmdjBs


Related Articles

 

Write Comments

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

Video Archives

Archives

share on Facebook
Twitter
RSS
Feedback
Read Later

Contact Form

Please enter security code
      Close