Home Health Literacy, Health Education & PromotionHandbook on Breastfeeding (For Pregnant Women and Lactating Mother)

Overview

The Family Welfare Division, DOHS has released a new Informative Handbook on breastfeeding aimed at empowering pregnant women and new mothers with essential knowledge on breastfeeding.

The primary goal of this handbook is to increase awareness and education on the breastfeeding, ensuring a higher rate of successful breastfeeding practices across the country. This handbook provides information on;

  • Recommended practices for breastfeeding
  • Problems that may arise during breastfeeding
  • Breastfeeding and special situations; breastfeeding during sickness, tuberculosis, HIV use of medicine, HIV etc.
  • Additional support for breastfeeding
  • Answers to common questions and curiosities
  • Potential problems that may arise and solutions

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