Event
Name : WORLD BREAST FEEDING WEEK AWARENESS PROGRAMME
Date : 07-08-2019
Venue : CHC Bisrakh, Greater Noida & District Women’s Hospital, Ghaziabad
World Breastfeeding Week was first celebrated in 1992 by World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) and is now observed in over 120 countries by UNICEF, WHO and their partners including individuals, organizations, and governments.
To ensure optimal child health, survival, nutrition and development the WHO and UNICEF recommend initiating breastfeeding within one hour of birth, exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months and continued breastfeeding for 2 years or beyond along with adequate and appropriate complementary feeding after 6 months of age and skin-to skin contact immediately at birth.
To increase breastfeeding, women need to be informed accurately and supported at home, health facilities and work place and to breastfeed wherever they are. This year's World Breastfeeding Week theme is to create an enabling environment for women. The World Health Assembly has set a target to increase global exclusive breastfeeding rate from 38% in 2012 to 50% in 2025 globally. And for India will have to reach 65.7% by 2025. As a part of contribution for the 2025 target we metro college of nursing B.Sc 4th Year Students organized an awareness programme with the Theme of: World Breast feeding week 2019: “Empowering Parents, Enable Breastfeeding” now and for the future.
To ensure optimal child health, survival, nutrition and development the WHO and UNICEF recommend initiating breastfeeding within one hour of birth, exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months and continued breastfeeding for 2 years or beyond along with adequate and appropriate complementary feeding after 6 months of age and skin-to skin contact immediately at birth.
To increase breastfeeding, women need to be informed accurately and supported at home, health facilities and work place and to breastfeed wherever they are. This year's World Breastfeeding Week theme is to create an enabling environment for women. The World Health Assembly has set a target to increase global exclusive breastfeeding rate from 38% in 2012 to 50% in 2025 globally. And for India will have to reach 65.7% by 2025. As a part of contribution for the 2025 target we metro college of nursing B.Sc 4th Year Students organized an awareness programme with the Theme of: World Breast feeding week 2019: “Empowering Parents, Enable Breastfeeding” now and for the future.
Learning Objectives for the students:
• To organize and to conduct health awareness programme.
• To identify the needs for health education and impart and evaluate the effect of the same to patients, families and community.
• To prepare and use appropriate audio-visual aids for imparting health education.
• To explain the principles of health care to mothers and children and the services available for them in urban and rural communities.
• To explain the principles of health care to mothers and children and the services available for them in urban and rural communities.
The inaugural session was started with a brief welcome and introductory speech on 7th August by respected ACIMO Dr. Dr Nepal Singh, CHC Bisrakhand on 8th August by Chief Medical Officer Dr. DeepaTyagi madam, District womens Hospital, Ghaziabad. After the floral welcoming of the invited guests the students of 4th year B.Sc Nursing performed the skit on breastfeeding awareness programme. Students narrated the importance of breast feeding, positions of breast feeding and exclusive breast feeding.
