Exclusive breastfeeding: life’s first nectar
The current article sees the indicator of Exclusive Breast Feeding (EBF) through the National Family Health Surveys in India. It delves into the status of EBF indicator through these surveys. It focuses especially in the first 2-3 days as the Early Initiation of Breast Feeding (EIBF) indicator is crucial for the continuous milk flow in the breast of the mother. Further it moves onto the related challenges related to these indicators. At the other end the article also dwells on the benefits of these practices. Following that the article discusses the steps taken by the health systems regarding improvement in breast feeding practices. Finally, the article touches upon the modalities of the past, present & future steps regarding breastfeeding practices keeping the NFHS 6th round data in the background.
Authors
- Shankar Das
- Anjali Tripathy
- Tridibesh Tripathy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2971-1952)
- Byomakesh Tripathy
- Sanskriti Tripathy
- Navya Mall
- Rakesh Dwivedi
Institutions
- University of Delhi (IN)
- University of Lucknow (IN)
- Bennett University (IN)
- Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (IN)
- Gangadhar Meher University (IN)
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health
- Published
- 2026-10-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20264141
- Primary Topic
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00