India ranks lowest among South Asian countries in breastfeeding practices with only 44 per cent women being able to breastfeed their babies within one hour of delivery. According to a report released today, ineffective policies, lack of budgets and coordination, and absence of better monitoring are limiting breastfeeding practices in India.
According to the report 'Arrested Development', the fourth such document released by the organisations since 2004, India scored a total of 78 out of 150 indicating the nation has made little improvement since its last assessment in 2012. "Even countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have made rapid progress. We have tested the policy there also using the same tools.Their foundation of human development is based on development and survival of small babies. India is almost static in past several years," Dr Arun Gupta, Central Coordinator of BPNI, said. The assessment that is done every three to five years as part of WHO's World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTI) reveals gaps in all ten areas of policies and programmes to be implemented for enhancing breastfeeding rates. Breastfeeding within an hour of delivery reduces neo-natal mortality by 22 per cent as it protects the babies from various kind of infections, Dr Gupta said, adding that it also increases the success rate of breastfeeding.
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According to the report 'Arrested Development', the fourth such document released by the organisations since 2004, India scored a total of 78 out of 150 indicating the nation has made little improvement since its last assessment in 2012. "Even countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have made rapid progress. We have tested the policy there also using the same tools.Their foundation of human development is based on development and survival of small babies. India is almost static in past several years," Dr Arun Gupta, Central Coordinator of BPNI, said. The assessment that is done every three to five years as part of WHO's World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTI) reveals gaps in all ten areas of policies and programmes to be implemented for enhancing breastfeeding rates. Breastfeeding within an hour of delivery reduces neo-natal mortality by 22 per cent as it protects the babies from various kind of infections, Dr Gupta said, adding that it also increases the success rate of breastfeeding.