Baby Friendly Community Initiative - MEDiCAM

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following following gg activities: activities:
Orient community leaders (CCWC, village chiefs) to BFCI
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Train BFCI volunteers
Supervision visits to community (HC, CCWC(?), OD,
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Annual BFCI review meeting (several HC together)
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What NGOs can help?
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training for Mother Support Group volunteers on breastfeeding and
complementary feeding,
buying local foods foods- such as oil, vegetables, meat, iodized salt- salt for monthly
mother’s meetings/cooking demonstration (no milk donations please! Mother’s
milk is best)
scales l f for weighing i hi children hild
operational costs for MOH staff (PHD, OD, HC) and Commune Councils to
supervise Baby Baby-Friendly Friendly Community activities
Refer new mothers leaving hospitals to BFCI volunteers (Mother Support
Group) in their communities (for (for BFHI BFHI hospital hospital staff) staff)
Give supplementary training to BFCI volunteers on how to appropriately
support s ppo HIV V positive pos ve women wo e in infant a feeding eed g in the e community co y (for (for ((
PMTCT PMTCT staff) staff)