Breastfeeding mothers

Pregnant and breastfeeding mothers

No. of pregnant and breastfeeding mothers

No factory provides creches or breastfeeding areas for mothers of young children.

In some cases, even breastfeeding mothers have been wrenched away from their babies.

ICBF provides direct care for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers under the FAMI programme, supporting poor mothers (groups 1 and 2 according to unsatisfied basic needs) during pregnancy and breastfeeding and the raising of their children, and providing food supplements for children aged under two.

Other measures included a food and nutrition programme focusing on children and mothers and a breastfeeding promotion and protection programme.

By and large, mothers in Syria breastfeed and there are currently several child friendly hospitals where breastfeeding is started early and help and assistance with nursing is provided to the mothers.

(g) The amendment of laws in order to cater to mothers by making provision for maternity leave and time for breastfeeding

Additional supplies of iodine tablets were secured for the risk groups in endemic regions such as children, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers

And so today we focus on not just passing out food, but making sure the mothers have enough enrichment, and teaching them about breastfeeding.

It includes priority nutrition problems and is aimed at the risk groups, such as children and adolescents, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, the elderly, etc.

47. The Committee recommends that the ban on the commercial marketing of infant formula be implemented and that breastfeeding be promoted among mothers in health facilities.

12. Calls upon Governments to promote, inter alia, through legislation, family friendly and gender sensitive work environments and also to promote the facilitation of breastfeeding for working mothers

12. Calls upon Governments to promote, inter alia, through legislation, family friendly and gender sensitive work environments and also to promote the facilitation of breastfeeding for working mothers

(e) Breastfeeding

Taking into consideration the fact that the workingwomen are frequently faced with the situation of becoming mothers, they are given special rights during pregnancy, post natal, and during the breastfeeding time.

(ii) Ensuring suitable jobs for pregnant women (workers and employees) and for breastfeeding mothers (workers and employees) whose regular jobs are unsuitable for their condition (art. 309 of the Labour Code)

Protects and encourages breastfeeding

Training Module for Breastfeeding

Advisory Commission on Breastfeeding

Let's not talk about breastfeeding.

Mothers caring for mothers.

The mothers could sell their craftwork to buy extra things for their children, who were with them at night, and when breastfeeding infants they were provided with special suites with all the necessary facilities.

(b) Unsatisfactory breastfeeding practices, particularly the low prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding during the first four to six months

Tiger Mothers or Elephant Mothers?

Promotion of breastfeeding needs follow up.

In contrast to the practice of most nursing mothers in the subregion, exclusive breastfeeding is not widespread and information received indicates that only 50 per cent of children were exclusively breastfed up to two months of age.

Mitchell Besser Mothers helping mothers fight HIV

Mothers with HIV caring for mothers with HIV.

According to Law 100, the subsidized scheme gives priority to the enrolment of pregnant women and of women in the delivery, postpartum and breastfeeding periods, community mothers, Community mothers are women employed in the community centres programme of the Columbian Family Welfare Institute, which makes arrangements for a mother from the neighbourhood to look after and feed local children.

Revised United Nations inter agency guidelines have emphasized the need to assist HIV positive mothers in selecting the most appropriate infant feeding options while reducing the risk of child mortality and increasing support for breastfeeding among the general population.

Project for the promotion of breastfeeding, 1993 1996

Further, given the fact that almost 80 of HIV cases are transmitted sexually and an additional 10 are transmitted from mothers to children during labour or delivery or through breastfeeding, linking HIV and reproductive health services is crucial in prevention.

I would've had one if I was still breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding shall be a task assigned to the mother.

(2) National Commission for Breastfeeding (Law No. 295, Act on Breastfeeding Promotion, Protection and Support and on the Regulation of the Sale of Breastmilk Substitutes )

304. To boost breastfeeding, the SESPAS is promoting a strategy called Mother and Child Friendly Hospitals and the National Commission on Breastfeeding was also formed.

Support for breastfeeding is provided by a variety of organizations, including Governments, through ministries of health and non governmental organizations, such as national breastfeeding committees.

Single mothers

Pregnant mothers

In Honduras, breastfeeding is promoted as an infant survival strategy through national and intra hospital committees on breastfeeding and regulation of the commercialization of milk substitutes.

The needs are basic promoting breastfeeding, food supplies for young children, and medical attention for mothers. But not all those who need help are coming to get it, so Save the Children funds outreach workers to encourage families to use the services.

The Committee welcomes the availability of such support services as nurseries, kindergartens, children's wards, kitchens in workplaces and breastfeeding breaks for working mothers, as well as the use of temporary special measures to increase the number of women in certain management positions.

Mother to child transmission (MTCT) may take place during pregnancy, childbirth, or while breastfeeding, in which case mothers with HIV are held to be solely responsible for infecting their child, thus constituting another source of gender discrimination for women living with the virus.