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Department of Health ➔ Infant and young child feeding programme xvii The DoH’s policies regarding infant and young child feeding have these primary goals: status, growth, development and health of infants and young children; to child transmission of HIV in the postnatal period through breastfeeding; of HIV-exposed infants through appropriate feeding options, supported by appropriate ARV treatment regimes for the lactating mother and baby. The relevant ARV treatment regimes for pregnant and lactating women and those who have infants, as well as for infants, are discussed later in this table. These objectives are to be achieved through: and support of optimal safe feeding of infants and young children; and support of breastfeeding through counselling and support to mothers by healthcare personnel during antenatal, intrapartum, post-natal and follow-up care. Targeted beneficiaries All pregnant women and mothers of infants and young children All infants and young children Infants born to HIV+ mothers HIV+ mothers Adolescent mothers Infants that are HIV+ Infants with a low birth weight Severely malnourished children Orphans, children in foster care, children separated from their mothers for long time and children whose mothers cannot care for them due to ill health or mental disabilities All health facilities, public and private, providing maternity/ antenatal services as well as trained lay counsellors and healthcare professionals National, provincial and district managers, health establishments and all healthcare personnel caring for parents and children during pregnancy, childbirth and in the first five years of life Healthcare professionals implementing nutrition and HIV/AIDS programmes at all levels Community health workers, both those employed within civil society and government, may provide information to pregnant women and mothers with small children regarding HIV and key services provided; promote exclusive breastfeeding; and provide information on mixed infant feeding. ➔ 93
Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable children in SA ➔ pregnant women should be educated on exclusive breastfeeding for six months and continued breastfeeding until two years and beyond, with appropriate complementary feeding. should be provided with evidence-based, objective and unbiased infant feeding information to ensure they make informed infant feeding choices. The information provided must include information about the risk of HIV transmission through breastfeeding, ART prophylaxis to reduce this risk, and the risks of replacement feeding. the first six months of life should be strongly discouraged as it increases the risk of childhood infections. HIV+ women, quality, objective and individualised counselling on safe infant feeding practices as described in the Clinical Guidelines: PMTCT, 2010, must be provided by all health ➔ 94
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