Implementing IYCF counseling centers in Bihar

Bihar is greatly challenged by a low rate of recommended infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. For example, only 30 percent of newborns are breastfed within one hour, and only 29 percent of children are exclusively breastfed for the first six months in Bihar (Government of India 2014). Po...

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Autores principales: Dar, Shivani, Jha, Rakesh, Sinha, Sudhir, Singh, Banke Bihari, Kumar, Gourav
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149576
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author Dar, Shivani
Jha, Rakesh
Sinha, Sudhir
Singh, Banke Bihari
Kumar, Gourav
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Jha, Rakesh
Kumar, Gourav
Singh, Banke Bihari
Sinha, Sudhir
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description Bihar is greatly challenged by a low rate of recommended infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. For example, only 30 percent of newborns are breastfed within one hour, and only 29 percent of children are exclusively breastfed for the first six months in Bihar (Government of India 2014). Poor breastfeeding practices alone lead to 800,000 child deaths each year in Bihar— almost 12 percent of all child deaths in the state (Aga Khan 2015). Optimal IYCF practices are urgently needed in the health facilities and at the community level.
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spelling CGSpace1495762025-11-06T05:01:04Z Implementing IYCF counseling centers in Bihar Dar, Shivani Jha, Rakesh Sinha, Sudhir Singh, Banke Bihari Kumar, Gourav gender undernutrition nutrition policies malnutrition nutrition children food security capacity building Bihar is greatly challenged by a low rate of recommended infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. For example, only 30 percent of newborns are breastfed within one hour, and only 29 percent of children are exclusively breastfed for the first six months in Bihar (Government of India 2014). Poor breastfeeding practices alone lead to 800,000 child deaths each year in Bihar— almost 12 percent of all child deaths in the state (Aga Khan 2015). Optimal IYCF practices are urgently needed in the health facilities and at the community level. 2015-12-03 2024-08-01T02:49:33Z 2024-08-01T02:49:33Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149576 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Dar, Shivani; Jha, Rakesh; Sinha, Sudhir; Singh, Banke Bihari; and Kumar, Gourav. 2015. Implementing IYCF counseling centers in Bihar. POSHAN Implementation Note No. 11. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149576
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undernutrition
nutrition policies
malnutrition
nutrition
children
food security
capacity building
Dar, Shivani
Jha, Rakesh
Sinha, Sudhir
Singh, Banke Bihari
Kumar, Gourav
Implementing IYCF counseling centers in Bihar
title Implementing IYCF counseling centers in Bihar
title_full Implementing IYCF counseling centers in Bihar
title_fullStr Implementing IYCF counseling centers in Bihar
title_full_unstemmed Implementing IYCF counseling centers in Bihar
title_short Implementing IYCF counseling centers in Bihar
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topic gender
undernutrition
nutrition policies
malnutrition
nutrition
children
food security
capacity building
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149576
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