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of it and we continue discussing the maternal and child health. Interesting part of his explanation was concerning the importance of supporting mothers so that she will be able to breast-milk via lactation and produce sufficient breast-milk for the infant. He talked about how significant is the impact of father’s or husband’s support.
Anyway, I’ve known about the early breastfeeding information even before he explained it to me. And the fact that a guy explained to me about maternal and child health is not a big deal for me.
But the fact that he knew the information and even explained to me and some other friends (which also women) in a comprehensive way have caught my attention. I then realized that he does care.
Then I started questioning, “how many men do care?”
I do hope there are many. I believe there are many.
Once again I remembered the days I spent in one of disaster-affected area, still located in my country. Maternal and child health were indeed a problem there (I do hope that it’s better now). Father did not really care about mother’s health and even their children’s health. A
household usually has more than 5 children; with 3 of it were U5. In several
families, they even have 10 or more children, with 5 or more were U5. It would
not be a big problem if the families were rich or at least do something to
provide better life for their children. In that place, it was a big problem.
Women were responsible for the family, including making money. While men usually woke up late, then drank coffee while smoking, then go somewhere out there which mostly did not result in any good thing. (I have to remind all of us that it did not happen to all families or
men, but I wrote the “not good things” side just to give a big picture).
Many children suffered from malnutrition. Then the women started a group, a care group among them. They started to encourage their fellow members, shared knowledge they’ve got from any training or seminar. Each group has a leader who was previously trained. Then each of its members started to invite other women in the neighborhood to create another care group.
They practiced the multiplication idea.
The above story reminded me the importance of maternal and child health. Which also mean the importance of my mother’s health during her pregnancy before giving birth to me. The importance of the child she was going to give birth to. And that child was I, myself.
“More than one third of child deaths occur during the first fragile month of life,” said UNICEF Executive Director, Ann M. Veneman. “Early breastfeeding provides critical nutrients, protects infants against deadly diseases and fosters growth and development.”
So, let’s support women in the world, support their health and the children’s health J
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