Breast-feading
The Mother and Child Care Program is a priority for specialists in Ariguanabo. They foster through educational activities the development of breast-feeding from the advantages for both mother and baby.
The authorities of the Public Health specifically promote among mothers and family updated information about the benefits of breast-feeding. Educational work is a constant in all the offices of family doctors through talks with pregnant women of the area. Specialists of Municipal Health Directorate insist on the importance of breast-feeding for children’s improvement. Unlike other nations, cuban newborns receive this food, some beyond the recommended six months because women have a maternity licence until the child reaches his first year.
Specialists in charge of the program in the territory assert that in the first six months, breast-feeding protects children from acute urinary and respiratory infections, otitis media, asthma, diarrhea, allergies, diabetes, lymphoma and reduces the risk of malnutrition. It helps build healthy teeth and prevents mouth deformation,uterine cancer and osteoporosis, among other advantages.
