Cebu City – In promoting mother-baby friendly hospitals, five-day Lactation Management Trainings were conducted by NNC thru the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC). The last batch was held in Cebu City last January 28 to February 01, 2013. Some 1,298 obstetricians, pediatricians, nurses and nutritionists representing 222 hospitals nationwide joined the event. Some hospitals sent their pediatric and obstetric consultants while sixteen chief nurses and eight medical directors/chiefs of hospitals attended the training.
Lactation Management Training is a 40- hour course for clinicians to promote the mother-baby friendly hospital initiative specifically in promoting, protecting and supporting appropriate infant and young child feeding practices. The one week training involves 35.5 hours of lecture and 4.5 hours of practical exercises. Topics include the Accelerated Hunger-Mitigation Program, Anatomy of the Breast, Lactation Amenorrhea Method, Human Milk Composition, Breastfeeding including the myths and fallacies, RA 10028 or the Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2009, EO 51 or the Philippine Milk Code, Revitalization of the MBFHI, Infant and Young Child Nutrition, Infant Feeding during Emergencies, among others.
The training is under the auspices of the National Nutrition Council who sourced out VSMMC to hold the training. VSMMC is one of NNC’s partners in promoting exclusive breastfeeding and appropriate infant feeding practices. Likewise, VSMMC supports NNC in its campaign on good nutrition. Course Director Dr. Lilibeth Espinosa and 68 VSMMC personnel were tapped as trainers, facilitators or support staff. The recently held training was the last of 45 batches. // DFB
