KHANE HO 'खाने हो' ? - New Nepali Telefilm - 2017
पुरा भिडियाे हेर्नकाे लागी माथिकाे फाेटाेमा दुइपटक क्लिक गर्नुहाेला ।
पुरा भिडियाे हेर्नकाे लागी माथिकाे फाेटाेमा दुइपटक क्लिक गर्नुहाेला ।
Breastfeeding is common in Nepal. As per the Nepal Demographic Health Survey 2011, “Breastfeeding is very common in Nepal, with 98 per cent of children ever breastfed. Seventy per cent of Nepali children under six months are being exclusively breastfed. The median duration of any breastfeeding among children 0-35 months is 33.6 months while the median duration of exclusive breastfeeding is 4.2 months. Complementary foods should be introduced when a child is six months old to reduce the risk of malnutrition. In Nepal, 70 per cent of children age six to nine months are breastfeeding and eating complementary foods.”
As women get maternal leaves at their workplaces, the rate of exclusive breastfeeding for two months is very high in the country, as per the doctor. “After the completion of two months, the babies are fed infant formula because the mothers have to return to work. There aren’t any policies from the government side nor is there a favourable environment in the workplaces to breastfeed one’s child. Had there been favourable policies and environment, it would have been easier for the mothers,” opines Dr Amatya.
The aim of this breastfeeding week is to increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding. Health workers working in various birth centres should know the correct way of breastfeeding so that proper counselling can be given to new mothers, as per the doctor.
