Infant and young child feeding training manual

Facility Based New Born Care Training Packages. ( MB) Guidelines for enhancing optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices. ( MB) Guidelines for Control of Iron Deficiency Anaemia. ( MB) Rastriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK)- Child Health Screening and Early Intervention Services under NHM. ( MB). Infant feeding brochures () Infant feeding and HIV reporting tools () Infant Feeding and HIV: Trainer’s guide and participant’s manual for training community-based workers and volunteers () Rapid Qualitative Assessment: Beliefs and attitudes around infant and young child feeding in Kenya () News archives. feeding problems. Child health in general, and infant and young child feeding more specifically, is often not well addressed in the basic training of doctors, nurses and other allied health professionals. Because of lack of adequate knowledge and skills, health professionals are often barriers to improved feeding practices. For example.

increase the number of times that the child is fed: 2–3 meals per day for infants 6–8 months of age and 3–4 meals per day for infants 9–23 months of age, with 1–2 additional snacks as required; use fortified complementary foods or vitamin-mineral supplements as needed; and. Feeding Infants in the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Feeding Infants in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) guide is a training tool for CACFP operators with infants enrolled at their child care site. It covers topics such as the infant meal pattern, developmental readiness, hunger and fullness signs, handling and storing breastmilk and infant formula, solid foods, what is creditable in the infant meal pattern, and much more. 18 INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING COUNSELLING Must Know Facts: 1. Feeding only breastmilk is best for young infants and children up to age 6 months. Exclusive breastfeeding means that the child takes no additional food, water, or other fluids, starting at birth. (The child can take medicine and vitamins, if needed on medical advice). 2.

Viet Nam national infant and young child feeding (IYCF) training program and manuals Topic(s): Breastfeeding, Complementary feeding. It is based on the Save the Children's IYCF-E toolkit and training manual. Module 2 covers the design, protection of breastfed and non-breastfed children. A facilitator's guide to training community workers in key IYCF practices, Breastfeeding, Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF), IYCF Counseling Card.