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Breastfeeding Promotion

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A video series to help raise awareness and improve knowledge around the practice of breastfeeding. 

Audience: Community health education; Community health workers

Languages: Afrikaans; English; Xhosa

Format: Videos

Key topics: Breastfeeding; Safe and unsafe feeding practices; Challenges faced by new mothers

In South Africa, exclusive breastfeeding rates remain among the lowest in the world. Raising awareness around the benefits of breastfeeding and improving maternal knowledge around how to breastfeed their babies is a critical part of the solution to this public health problem.

In collaboration with UNICEF, the South African National Department of Health, the Western Cape Department of Health, local academic institutions, and community-based groups, we developed an engaging video series to help raise awareness and improve knowledge around the practice of breastfeeding. A special version was also created for the training of frontline health workers on how to better communicate these critical health messages to the families they serve.

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This project includes nine videos, free for use under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. 

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Breastfeeding: How it worksPlayDownload

 

The benefits of breastfeeding mothersPlayDownload

 

What happened to the practice of breastfeeding?PlayDownload

 

Breastfeeding international recommendationsPlayDownload

 

Breastfeeding challenges faced by many new mothersPlayDownload

 

Safe infant feeding practices for mothers who are not breastfeedingPlayDownload

 

Unsafe infant feeding practicesPlayDownload

 

Breastfeeding for working mothersPlayDownload

 

Breastfeeding for HIV+ mothers in under-resourced settingsPlayDownload

 

What Happened to the Practice of Breastfeeding? | View and download all resources

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