AMEGA, the Angolan IBFAN group, has come together with the government’s Nutrition Unit in the Ministry of Health to create a Breastfeeding and Counselling Training Centre (CTAAM). This ground-breaking initiative is a triumph for the National Breastfeeding, who have been advocating for the implementation of the National Policy of Infant and Young Child Feeding and Maternal Health initiatives.

The Centre will conduct theoretical and practical sessions on breastfeeding management, complementary feeding, IYCF and HIV and Maternal Health.

The Centre will also play an important role in the revitalising of BFHI and BFCI. However, the National Breastfeeding Committee have had to meet the considerable challenges posed by a recent campaign by Nestlé that undermines on-going efforts on BFHI.

Posted by ibfanafrica on 11 May 2008 | Tagged as: Angola

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