ONE HALF OF THE CHILDREN BORN ARE BEING BREASTFED WITHIN ONE HOUR OF THEIR BIRTH IN EIGHT EAG STATES OF INDIA

Bihar

Children breastfeed within one hour of birth showed improvement from 6 percent during NFHS (2005-06) to 30 percent during AHS (2010-11).

Jharkhand

About 38 percent of Children were breastfeed within one hour of birth.

Madhya Pradesh

    

Children breastfed within one hour of birth showed significant improvement during NFHS (2005-06) (16%) to AHS (2010-11) (62%).

Chhattisgarh

Children breastfeed within one hour of birth showed improvement during NFHS (2005-06) to AHS (2010-11).

Odisha

Children breastfeed within one hour of birth showed improvement during NFHS (2005-06) to AHS (2010-11).

Rajasthan

Children breastfeed within one hour of birth showed improvement during NFHS (2005-06) to AHS (2010-11).

Uttar Pradesh

Children breastfeed within one hour of birth showed marked improvement during NFHS (2005-06) to AHS (2010-11).

Uttarakhand

Children breastfeed within one hour of birth showed considerable improvement during NFHS (2005-06) to AHS (2010-11).

Let us consider the information regarding children breastfed within one hour of their birth for EAG States of India as seen in AHS (2010-11).

State	Children Breastfed within one Hour of Birth (%)
Bihar	30.3
Jharkhand	37.9
Madhya Pradesh	61.5
Chhattisgarh	63.9
Odisha	71.5
Rajasthan	48.6
Uttar Pradesh	32.9
Uttarakhand	63.2
All EAG States (Simple Average %)	51.2

Thus in these eight EAG states which populate about half of the India’s population more than half of the children born there are being breastfed within one hour of their birth.