Vol. 9, Issue 2, Part E (2023)

Young children are the pillars of our nation. It is generally good for baby to have exclusive breast feed for 6 months. However, in India, particularly in cities, women breast feed exclusively for up to 8 months and in some case for 12 months because of lack of knowledge regarding expressed breast feeding and complimentary feeding. In India 20% of children less than five years of age suffer from wasting due to acute under nutrition.

 Only 25% of newborns were put to the breast within one hour of birth.

 Less than half of children (46%) under five months of age are exclusively breast feuded.

 Only 20% of children aged 5-23 months are fed appropriately according to world health organization.

 Only half (51%) of household use adequately iodized salt

 Only one third (33%) Indian children receive any services from an anganwadi centers; less than 25% receives supplementary foods through ICDS; and only 18% have their weights measured in AWC.

 India has the highest number of low-birth-weight babies per at an estimated 7.4 million

 According to world health organization estimates that globally around 9.2 million under five children died. It is estimated that mortality of children aged less than 5 years is 68 per 1000 live births 27% 10million children were dyeing each year, of which.