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An Ethnographic Study of the Mathru Poorna Yojana (One Full Meal) Pilot Project for Pregnant and Lactating Mothers in Two Blocks of Two Districts in Karnataka

The present study was undertaken to review the pilot implementation of the programme and its uptake by beneficiaries, in order to provide data to the DWCD, before scaling up the programme to all distr...

by Centre for Budget and Policy Studies CBPS | On 23 Mar 2018

Global Nutrition Targets 2025: Breastfeeding Policy Brief

In 2012, the World Health Assembly Resolution 65.6 endorsed a Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition (1), which specified six global nutrition targets for 2025...

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 07 Sep 2016

Nutrition: The First Two Years are Forever

This report reads from UNICEF’s policy, programme and communication experience globally and in India, both at national and state levels, and builds on the work by the National Coalition for Sustainabl...

by United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF | On 03 Jun 2016

Determinants of Child Health: An Empirical Analysis

Infant and child mortality rates in India have fallen by almost half from the time of adoption of millennium development goals to 2012 but there has not been a concurrent decrease in morbidity and und...

by Sowmya Dhanaraj | On 10 Mar 2016

Prevalence of Micro - Nutrient Deficiency

The present survey was carried out to assess the prevalence of common micronutrient deficiencies such as vitamin A deficiency (Bitot spots) among the preschool children (1-<5 years), Iodine deficienc...

by National Institute of Nutrition | On 29 Feb 2016

Human Capital vs. Physical Capital: A Cross-Country Analysis of Human Development Strategies

This study estimates a small simultaneous equation model using panel data from sixty-four countries for the years 1996 and 2004. The model is estimated by various techniques—OLS, TSLS, dummy variable...

by Rizwana Siddiqui | On 14 Feb 2016

Can Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Education and Nutrition Outcomes for Poor Children in Bangladesh?

This paper uses panel data from a pilot project and evaluates the impact of conditional cash transfers on consumption, education, and nutrition outcomes among poor rural families in Bangladesh. Given...

by Céline Ferré | On 12 Feb 2016

Enhancing Optimal Infant Feeding Practices in India

As india struggles to improve nutrition, it needs to urgently and proactively enhance the rates of optimal infant feeding practices. These include initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth,...

by Arun Gupta | On 26 Jan 2016

Infant-Feeding Patterns and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Young Adulthood: Data From Five Cohorts in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding from birth to 6 months, the introduction of nutritious complementary foods at 6 months and continued breastfeeding for 52 years.1...

by Karthikeya Naraparaju | On 22 Jan 2016

Groundwater, Fluoride Contamination in Unnao District (U.P)

A recent survey done by Vikas Bharati, an Unnao-based voluntary organization, revealed that 35%, 47.8% and 60.3% of children were affected with dental fluorosis, in Junior High School, Thana, Janta Sh...

by People's Science Institute PSI | On 06 Jan 2016

Report of the Inter Ministerial Group on ICDS Restructuring

Recognizing that there are both programme design and programme implementation gaps in ICDS – the Report of the Inter Ministerial Group on ICDS Restructuring creates new paradigm both for “What” would...

by Planning Commission, India | On 27 Sep 2013

BREASTFEEDING- A PUBL IC HEALTH PRIORITY

Breastfeeding is widely accepted by the World Health Organization (WHO), Health Canada, and the Canadian Institute of Child Health as the optimal method for infant feeding because it provides the foun...

by Newsfoundland & Labrador Association of Social Workers | On 08 Aug 2013

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is an extremely important public health issue. Breastfeeding is the optimum method, the natural and most healthy way, of feeding infants. Breast milk is a perfectly balanced source of n...

by Lisa Amir | On 08 Aug 2013

The Effect of Breastfeeding on Educational Attainment: Evidence from Sibling Data

Using data on sibling pairs drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we estimate the effect of having been breastfed on high school graduation, high school grades, and coll...

by Denizhan Duran | On 08 Aug 2013

The Benefits of Breastfeeding Across the Early Years of Childhood

The choice to breastfeed rather than formula-feed an infant as well as the duration of doing so has been scrutinized in more recent times. Yet, key identification issues remain to be resolved, includi...

by Clive Belfield | On 08 Aug 2013

Does Breastfeeding Support at Work Help Mothers and Employers at the Same Time?

This paper asks whether the availability of breastfeeding facilities at the workplace helps to reconcile breastfeeding and work commitments. Using data from the 2005 UK Infant Feeding Survey, we model...

by Emilia Bono | On 07 Aug 2013

Position Paper on Breastfeeding and Work

The role of the lactation consultant is to provide care, problem-solving, education, and counseling to breastfeeding mothers and their families. These clinical services, however, make up just one pa...

by International lactation Consultant Association | On 07 Aug 2013

The Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992

An act to provide for the regulation of production, supply and distribution of infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles and infant food with a view to the protection and promotion of breastfeeding and...

by Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs GOI | On 06 Aug 2013

The '4 in 1' Training Programme: Capacity Building Initiative for Building Health/Nutrition Workers’ Skills in Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling

Breastfeeding is the optimal nutrition for infants and reduces the risk of infectious diseases like diarrhoea and pneumonia substantially.4 Breastfeeding may also enhance the effect of some vaccines....

by Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India BPNI | On 06 Aug 2013

The Father's Role in Breastfeeding

It is a lucky baby that has a close, loving relationship with both of his parents! Babies need lots of physical contact, and when not nursing, a father's loving arms are a wonderful place for a baby t...

by BPNI Maharashtra | On 05 Aug 2013

BPNI Information Notes 6

Breastfeeding is meant to be a comfortable, pleasant experience. Most of us have heard stories of sore nipples. You can avoid this problem most of the time. However, many new mothers still find their...

by BPNI Maharashtra | On 02 Aug 2013

BPNI Information Notes 5

During the first few weeks after delivery as the Colostrum "starter milk" is changing to mature milk, your breasts will become full. This normal postpartum fullness usually diminishes within 3-5 days....

by BPNI Maharashtra | On 02 Aug 2013

BPNI Information Notes 4

n the proper balance, yeast can be beneficial to our bodies. However, when it becomes too abundant, problems, such as thrush, can develop, making breastfeeding painful. Candida albicans, the organism...

by BPNI Maharashtra | On 02 Aug 2013

BPNI Information Notes 3

In many parts of the English-speaking world, pacifiers are called dummies. They stand in for mother's breast, as a dummy stands in for a human being in a department store window or in an automobile cr...

by BPNI Maharashtra | On 02 Aug 2013

BPNI Information Notes 2

For some women leaking is little more than an occasional drop or two during breastfeeding; for others it may be copious amounts--sometimes at anything but opportune moments. Many times mothers are giv...

by BPNI Maharashtra | On 02 Aug 2013

BPNI Information Notes - Low Blood Sugar and the Breastfed Baby

Hypoglycemia is the technical term for low blood sugar (low concentrations of glucose, the sugar found in blood). When the body's rate of use of glucose is greater than the rate of glucose production,...

by BPNI Maharashtra | On 02 Aug 2013

Breastfeeding, Sleep Deprivation, and Postpartum Depression: How To Manage?

Research tindicates that mothers with PPD who do not get enough sleep are at greater risk for more severe depression. There is also research that demonstrates a link between weaning and depression, al...

by Annie Annie | On 01 Aug 2013

Sleep Management, Breastfeeding & Postpartum Depression

There are research that indicates that mothers with PPD who do not get enough sleep are at greater risk for more severe depression. The authors conclude that clinicians must address measures to improv...

by Katherine Stone | On 01 Aug 2013

Can breastfeeding lower breast cancer risk?

The research on breastfeeding and breast cancer risk, it is clear that this has been a difficult area to study. If breastfeeding does lower risk, the level of protection is small and depends on women...

by Debbie Saslow | On 01 Aug 2013

Lack Of Optimal Breast Feeding In Developing Countries

Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a baby’s life can help bring down infant mortality rates and stunting in the developing world, say pediatricians and the UNICEF.

by Juliana Chan | On 01 Aug 2013

Breastfeeding a crucial priority for child survival in emergencies

Globally, only 38 percent of infants under the age of six months are exclusively breastfed, though research shows that optimal breastfeeding is the single most effective preventive intervention for re...

by United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF | On 01 Aug 2013

Optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding

In under-resourced settings, where sanitation and safe water are often lacking, breastfeeding can be life-saving. Breastfeeding protects against infectious diseases, especially gastrointestinal infect...

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Aug 2013

Infant and young child feeding

Undernutrition is associated with more than one third of the global disease burden for children under five. Infant and young child feeding is a key area to improve child survival and promote healthy g...

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Aug 2013

Promoting proper feeding for infants and young children

Nutrition and nurturing during the first years of life are both crucial for life-long health and well-being. In infancy, no gift is more precious than breastfeeding; yet barely one in three infants is...

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Aug 2013

India’s Food Security Bill: A Waste or Win for the Hungry?

Home to over 25 per cent of the world’s hungry poor, India faces major food security challenges and the situation has barely improved in two decades. Will the National Food Security Bill that the Indi...

by Sally Trethewie | On 27 Jan 2012

Final Report on the Functioning of Anganwadi Centres in Assam and Meghalya

In the states of Assam and Meghalaya the ICDS project has been in operation since 1980. Assam and Meghalaya have a total of 26,000 AWCs of which 2,218 are located in seven districts of Meghalaya and t...

by Government of India Ministry of Women and Child Development | On 19 Jul 2011

Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India

Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. The implications for breastfeeding decisions are modelled and test has been done to predict model's predictions us- ing...

by Seema Jayachandran | On 09 Jun 2009

Early Warnings of Inflation in India

In India, year-on-year percentage changes of price indexes are widely used as the measure of inflation. In terms of monthly data, each observation of a one-year change in inflation is the sum of twelv...

by Rudrani Bhattacharya | On 25 Sep 2008

Testing the Stability of Beta Over Market Phases: An empirical study

The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) is the standard risk-return model used by most academicians and practitioners. The underlying concept of CAPM is that investors are rewarded for only that porti...

by Sromon Das | On 06 Mar 2008