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With continued fluctuations, can Nepal ‘succeed’ to promote exclusive breastfeeding?
August 10, 2018 10:45 am
* The global average of exclusive breastfeeding is 41 percent, according to a data by UNICEF, 2018. * Data shows that 75% mothers practiced exclusive breastfeeding in 1996 AD, the highest until now. Over the years, the numbers fluctuated. * The Department of Health Sciences has also urged the government to increase the 60 days paid-leave given for mothers after the postpartum stage to 98 days. * For the most part, milk production is a “use it or lose it” process.
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