Buniyaad: Foundation for a healthy child

Singh, Abhishek. 2015. Buniyaad: Foundation for a healthy child. POSHAN Implementation Note No. 15. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151145

In October 2012, a baseline survey conducted in 20 blocks in the districts of Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, and Sitamarh in Bihar found significant gaps in infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices, such as a low rate of breastfeeding immediately following delivery and the absence of any feeding schedule for children (Aga Khan Foundation 2012).