Informational tents to promote the benefits of breastfeeding.

-both departments of health professionals will explain the benefits of breastfeeding brings both moms and the newborn

Spain, 2011-October the health departments of Torrevieja and Vinalopó (in Elche) develop an information day on Saturday, October 8 in both municipalities on the occasion of the commemoration of world breastfeeding week.

Multiple activities for professionals and patients that seek to improve knowledge and breast-feeding benefits have been prepared to the newborns. Thus, from 10.00 to 14.00 hours, professionals of both departments are responsible for bringing information to women in general, pregnant women and family, offering advice and recommendations to all interested users.

In this sense, will develop educational and informative workshops that will enable professionals to offer their first-hand knowledge, linking multiple activities aimed at the promotion of breastfeeding.

It should be recalled that both health departments have a Commission on breast feeding composed of multi-disciplinary professionals in the Department, who have devised this information campaign that will work in favour of improving the information and awareness on issues related to breastfeeding.

The meeting will feature the participation of doctors, nurses and midwives professionals, who in a way close and didactic, be displayed to users the importance of breast milk for the babies. In addition, workshops and recreational activities will allow that children become familiar with such issues at the time their parents receive the recommendations of the experts in the field.

The responsible of this initiative have agreed remember that the promotion of breastfeeding is the responsibility of health professionals. These workshops allow us to bring the benefits of breastfeeding to the babies, because breast milk promotes the intellectual development of infants and prevents that they suffer from illnesses during their first years of life ”.

The informational tents will be installed in the Plaza de la Constitución of Torrevieja and the congresses of Elche downtown Plaza. In the municipality of Elche, as a symbol of this commemoration, at 12: 00 pm on Saturday will take place a crowd feedings ” to come accompanied by the reading of a manifesto in favour of breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding: the best food for the newborn

According to the World Health Organization and professionals in the vinalopo Valley Health Department, breastfeeding is the ideal way of providing young children the nutrients they need for healthy growth and development. Practically all women can breastfeed, provided that they have good information and support from his family and the health care system.

WHO recommends the colostrum (the yellowish and thick milk produced at the end of the pregnancy) as the perfect food for the newborn, and his administration must begin in the first hour of life. Exclusively breastfeeding is recommended during the first six months of life. It should be later complemented with other foods up to two years.