Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef
Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef
Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef
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<strong>Government</strong>-<strong>funded</strong> <strong>programmes</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>services</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>vulnerable</strong> children in SA<br />
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Vitamin A<br />
supplementation<br />
programme<br />
Post-partum mothers get<br />
a single dose of vitamin<br />
A immediately after<br />
delivery to meet their<br />
own <strong>and</strong> their newborn’s<br />
vitamin A needs through<br />
breastfeeding.<br />
Infants receive their next<br />
vitamin A supplement<br />
at six months <strong>and</strong> at<br />
six monthly intervals<br />
thereafter.<br />
Targeted beneficiaries<br />
Children aged 6–59<br />
months with low birth<br />
weights<br />
Children who are<br />
severely malnourished<br />
Children with persistent<br />
infectious diseases such<br />
as diarrhoea, measles<br />
or HIV<br />
Post-partum mothers<br />
Public clinics <strong>and</strong><br />
community health<br />
centres<br />
Community healthcare<br />
workers are required<br />
to monitor vitamin A<br />
supplementation using<br />
the Road to Health<br />
Card.<br />
Children between the<br />
ages of 6–59 months<br />
with low birth weights<br />
receive two doses per<br />
year.<br />
Protein<br />
energy<br />
malnutrition<br />
programme<br />
Seriously malnourished<br />
children are admitted to<br />
hospital where they are<br />
treated <strong>and</strong> provided<br />
with an intensive diet<br />
until they recover.<br />
Targeted beneficiaries<br />
Children with acute<br />
protein energy<br />
malnutrition<br />
Secondary level<br />
hospitals<br />
Baby-friendly<br />
hospital<br />
initiative<br />
The objective of the<br />
initiative is to support<br />
new mothers to<br />
breastfeed.<br />
Targeted beneficiaries<br />
New mothers <strong>and</strong> their<br />
infants<br />
All hospitals in South<br />
Africa, both public<br />
<strong>and</strong> private, providing<br />
maternity <strong>services</strong><br />
Health facilities are<br />
being trans<strong>for</strong>med to<br />
comply with the Ten<br />
Steps to Successful<br />
Breastfeeding. xvi They<br />
provide support <strong>and</strong><br />
counselling to new<br />
mothers to facilitate<br />
early, effective <strong>and</strong><br />
sustained breastfeeding.<br />
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