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World Mammoth Week-2014 Keeping the mother's milk, the foundation of a healthy life- This slogan is being observed in the breast-feeding week this year. Breast-feeding helps prevent all types of malnutrition in the child, ensures food security for the children, and helps the nation get out of the evil cycle of poverty. The theme of this year's World Breastfeeding Week emphasizes these three issues, mainly due to child malnutrition, food security and poverty vicious cycle. State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Zahid Malek told a press conference at the Secretariat on this day. The Ministry, Public Health, Nutrition Organization and the Bangladesh Breastfeeding Foundation (BBF) have taken initiatives to inaugurate and celebrate World Breast Week. State Minister for Health and Family Welfare also said that 15 to 20 percent of children in the country are suffering from malnutrition. Breast-feeding rates are relatively high in the world, but only 40 percent of children under six months of age are just drinking the mother's milk. 45 percent of children drink breastmilk for two years. There are varying rates of breast milk in the region and countryside. As a result of breast feeding, only 8,23,000 children and 20,000 mothers are protected from death every year. According to BDHS 2014 information, 55 percent of children in Bangladesh are breast-fed until six months of age. Twenty two million children are born each year. Highlighting the various steps, the State Minister said that about 592 locations have been established in the center of the Breastfeeding Corner and 50 Day-Care Centers. Breastfeeding Corners will be established in all the garment industries in the country soon. It will get 40 lakh women workers in garment facilities. The activities of the first-class nutritionist are in the district level. She urged the child to discourage powdered milk. BBF has sent letters to various non-government organizations for the six months of maternity leave in the private sector. Some organizations have already responded positively to it, she said. In response to one question, BBF Chairman Professor Dr. SK Ray said that 87.3 percent of the children were breast-fed for two years. In this regard Additional Secretary Habibur Rahman Khan was also present.

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