The '4 in 1' Training Programme: Capacity Building Initiative for Building Health/Nutrition Workers’ Skills in Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling
Published By: BPNI | Published Date: October, 01 , 2012Breastfeeding is the optimal nutrition for infants and reduces the risk of infectious diseases like diarrhoea
and pneumonia substantially.4 Breastfeeding may also enhance the effect of some vaccines. Improvements of complementary feeding could substantially reduce stunting and related burden of disease. Thus, effective interventions to improve infant and young child feeding will have positive effects on child morbidity and mortality, as well as adult human capital. [BPNI].
Author(s): Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India BPNI, International Baby Food Action IBFAN | Posted on: Aug 06, 2013 | Views(663)