WHY PROMOTE BREASTFEEOING IN DIARRHOEAL DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAMMES?

• Autor(a) principal: de ZOYSA, lsabelle
• Data de Publicação: 1995
• Outros Autores: REA, Marina, MARTINES, José
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Nutrição
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/nutricao/article/view/9896
• topic: breast feeding; diarrhea; managed care programs; morbidity; human milk; aleitamento materno; diarréia; programas controlados de cuidados de saúde; morbidade; leite humano

The improvement of case management practices is the corner­ stone of national programmes to contrai childhood diarrhoea and can lead to a rapid reduction in diarrhoeal mortality. There is, however, increasing interest in the development of interventions that can reduce diarrhoeal morbidity, especially in countries where case management activities are well established. The Diarrhoeal Disease Contrai Programme of the World Health Organization recommends that breasrfeeding be promoted as one of the most important measures for preventing diarrhoea. There is now conclusive evidence that breastfeeding confers significant protection against illness and death associated with diarrhoea, and minimizes its adverse nutritional effects. Breastfeeding promotion has been demonstrated to be an effi­ cient measure for preventing diarrhoea, and has many other important social, economic and health benefits. This paper summarizes the evidence and describes the Programme's ongoing and planned activities in support efforts to promete breastfeeding.