New Delhi, January 08, 2018: According to National Family Health Survey 4 (2015-16), 41.6 percent of children in the country under age 3 years were breastfed within one hour of birth. State/UT wise details are given below:
Children under age 3 years breastfed within one hour of birth (%) – NFHS-4 (2015-16)
Serial No. | State /UTs | Children under age 3 years breastfed within one hour of birth (in %) |
1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 41.9 |
2 | Andhra Pradesh | 40.1 |
3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 58.7 |
4 | Assam | 64.4 |
5 | Bihar | 34.9 |
6 | Chandigarh | 33.5 |
7 | Chhattisgarh | 47.1 |
8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 47.8 |
9 | Daman and Diu | 55.8 |
10 | Delhi | 29.1 |
11 | Goa | 73.3 |
12 | Gujarat | 50.0 |
13 | Haryana | 42.4 |
14 | Himachal Pradesh | 41.1 |
15 | Jammu and Kashmir | 46.0 |
16 | Jharkhand | 33.2 |
17 | Karnataka | 56.4 |
18 | Kerala | 64.3 |
19 | Lakshadweep | 54.3 |
20 | Madhya Pradesh | 34.5 |
21 | Maharashtra | 57.5 |
22 | Manipur | 65.4 |
23 | Meghalaya | 60.6 |
24 | Mizoram | 70.2 |
25 | Nagaland | 53.2 |
26 | Odisha | 68.6 |
27 | Puducherry | 65.3 |
28 | Punjab | 30.7 |
29 | Rajasthan | 28.4 |
30 | Sikkim | 66.5 |
31 | Tamil Nadu | 54.7 |
32 | Telangana | 37.1 |
33 | Tripura | 44.4 |
34 | Uttarakhand | 27.8 |
35 | Uttar Pradesh | 25.2 |
36 | West Bengal | 47.5 |
Note: Based on the last child born in the 5 years before the survey. Source: NFHS-4 (2015-16) factsheets. |
Further, according to the data uploaded by the States /UTs on the Health Management Information system (HMIS) portal of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), 1,83,10,666 newborns in the country were breastfed within one hour of birth during 2016-17. State/UT wise details are given below:
States/UTs wise number of newborns breastfed within one hour of birth during 2016-17
Serial No. | States/UTs | Number of Newborns breastfed within 1 hour of birth |
1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 4,023 |
2 | Andhra Pradesh | 7,03,848 |
3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 4,090 |
4 | Assam | 5,93,534 |
5 | Bihar | 19,77,535 |
6 | Chandigarh | 21,026 |
7 | Chhattisgarh | 4,48,049 |
8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 6,120 |
9 | Daman and Diu | 1,973 |
10 | Delhi | 1,98,179 |
11 | Goa | 13,054 |
12 | Gujarat | 10,62,720 |
13 | Haryana | 4,31,994 |
14 | Himachal Pradesh | 77,536 |
15 | Jammu and Kashmir | 1,74,133 |
16 | Jharkhand | 6,62,536 |
17 | Karnataka | 8,61,440 |
18 | Kerala | 4,27,907 |
19 | Lakshadweep | 800 |
20 | Madhya Pradesh | 12,84,984 |
21 | Maharashtra | 15,68,169 |
22 | Manipur | 34,832 |
23 | Meghalaya | 76,049 |
24 | Mizoram | 18,548 |
25 | Nagaland | 18,160 |
26 | Odisha | 5,80,439 |
27 | Puducherry | 34,077 |
28 | Punjab | 3,02,988 |
29 | Rajasthan | 12,70,703 |
30 | Sikkim | 5,590 |
31 | Tamil Nadu | 5,02,415 |
32 | Telangana | 3,56,685 |
33 | Tripura | 46,800 |
34 | Uttar Pradesh | 33,06,965 |
35 | Uttarakhand | 1,29,799 |
36 | West Bengal | 10,92,966 |
Source-Data as uploaded by the States /UTs on HMIS portal (Status as on 22.12 2017) |
MoHFW has implemented a nationwide programme called “Mother’s Absolute Affection (MAA)” under National Health Mission for promotion of breastfeeding practices.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the LokSabha here today.
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