Lactation, breast-feeding supplementation and nutrition

Breast-feeding and proper weaning methods are very important to cover the milestones of life and to achieve good nutritional status under five. The proper lactation, feeding and supplementation methods must be adopted to achieve this goal. In Pakistan a lot of agencies have been working on this. It is included in the daily effort of every doctor and medic to achieve this goal.

This study was done to know the results of our efforts in Oghi Pakistan. A Hospital based study on 10 children/mothers was conducted. The children were randomly selected from the best E.P.I. center of Oghi. The mothers were interviewed after explaining them the purpose of the study. The questionnaire was filled and questions were explained in local language for the convenience of mother. The parameters studied and questions asked included age, sex, weight, height, first feed, age at weaning, type of milk, and type of weaning food.

The results were found satisfactory due to the hard work of workers of UNICEF, Health department of NWFP and better when compared to other areas of the province.