One woman volunteers to demonstrate. She positions her baby, who is more than welcome to this meeting of moms, and starts breastfeeding in front of the other women while speaking about her personal experience. Partway through, the mom adapts her position as the workshop facilitator suggests a more comfortable way to hold her baby. At the same time, she was not ashamed of accepting whatever misconceptions or advice on improper technique. Prior to the program with Nutrition International, community health volunteers shared nutrition education tailored to pregnant and lactating women in villages in the Philippines through a classroom set-up.
Information flowed from health volunteers to mothers, but not the other way around. In , Nutrition International, through its partnership with the Department of Health and Helen Keller International, started the mother-to-mother support groups to give moms the opportunity to engage meaningfully with their peers and discuss topics relevant to their own health and the health of their babies.
The groups meet to support pregnant women, lactating mothers and children up to two years by discussing topics such as exclusive breastfeeding, iron and folic acid IFA supplementation to prevent anaemia, and infant and young child feeding practices.
The women choose the topics they want to discuss and the content is guided by evidence-informed resources and activities. The facilitated dialogue, led by a trained volunteer who also lives in the village, encourages the women to share their lived experiences, learn from each other, and receive targeted advice from the facilitator in a supportive way.
The groups range in size from participants and are active in more than villages in four provinces across the Philippines. Therefore, interventions under MACHAN are aimed at ensuring universal access to health by means of providing adequate nutrition, promoting safe motherhood, WASH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene interventions, protection against life-threatening childhood illnesses, food security and empowering the community.
MACHAN works with governments, experts, local partners, and communities across 14 states to bridge the multi-sectoral needs of Infants and Young Children, aged , along with the well-being of mothers and caregivers. MACHAN interventions are designed through the following approaches to achieve better early childhood care and development, in rural and disadvantaged areas:.
Nutrition is a foundation for health and development. Better nutrition means stronger immune systems, less illness and better health for people of all ages. Healthy children learn better. Healthy people are stronger, more productive, and better able to break cycles of poverty and realize their full potential. The world faces increasing threats to food security, as a result of rising food prices and less agricultural productivity, which could lead to undernutrition.
Conversely, some populations are challenged with escalating obesity. This fact file explores the risks posed by malnutrition, nutrition through the life cycle, and ways to improve global nutritional health. All information on this web site is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, kindly consult your doctor.
Malnutrition is a major contributor to the total global disease burden. More than one third of child deaths worldwide are attributed to undernutrition. Poverty is a central cause of undernutrition. A key indicator of chronic malnutrition is stunting - when children are too short for their age group compared to the WHO child growth standards. ALL Meals must be ordered 3 business days in advance or otherwise noted above. Diversey Ave. Centers provide a variety of WIC-approved foods for eligible participants.
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