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IYCF - Infant and Young Child Feeding National Counselling Cards For Community Workers Uganda
IYCF - Infant and Young Child Feeding National Counselling Cards For Community Workers Uganda
IYCF - Infant and Young Child Feeding National Counselling Cards For Community Workers Uganda
Policy Guideline 6
Infants born to mothers living with HIV should be tested for HIV infection from
6 weeks of age, appropriate IYCF counselling given to the mother, based on
her personal situation.ers living with HIV should be tested for HIV infection at
10 weeks of age.
c) Feeding the Child in Other Exceptionally Difficult Take-home Leaflets
Circumstances There is also a series of take-home leaflets reflecting the National Policy
Guidelines and complementing the key messages supporting the counselling
Policy Guideline 7 cards. These leaflets will be handed out by health workers to caregivers as
Malnourished children should be provided with appropriate medical care, part of a counselling session, to reinforce the messages given during that
nutritional rehabilitation and follow-up. session. Following leaflets were developed:
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6 months
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7-8 months
Complementary Feeding from
9–11 Months
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9-11 months
Complementary Feeding from
9–11 Months
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12-24 months
Complementary Feeding from
9–11 Months
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If a Mother HIV-positive...
If a mother isis HIV Postive
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What is the risk of HIV passing to her baby when
NO preventive actions are taken?
– get tested
Protect your babyProtect yourand know your HIV status!
baby-
get tested and know your HIV status!
If a Mother
If a mother isis HIV Postive
HIV-positive...
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. . . but mother and baby take ARV’S and practice
exclusive breastfeeding, the risk of
passing HIV to her baby decreases.
Protect your baby – get tested and know your HIV status!
Protect your baby-
get tested and know your HIV status!
If you are HIV-positive
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Cross Cradle Position
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Good Hygiene Practices Prevent Disease
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nis before each sexual bag that is place over the inserted
man’s by a woman herself device, made of rubber thatcanisplace within her
hip. It prevents the sperm erect penis before each before
sexual sexual intercourse to inserted by a woman herselfone hour before ha
tering the uterus. Using prevent
relationship. It prevents the spermpregnancy. It covers the relationships in order
before sexual intercourse to
ms also helps to reduce from entering the uterus. cervix so that sperm cannot enter
Using pregnancy.
prevent pregnancy. It covers the They als
transmitted infections the uterus. It should be used
condoms also helps to reduce cervix so that sperm cannotprotective
enter effect ag
d HIV/AIDS). sexually transmitted infections
together with a special gel. the uterus. It should be used
(STIs and HIV/AIDS). together with a special gel.
ion Female
Injectables
(Depro-Provera®) Male
Sterilization Sterilization
Oral Contraceptives Implants
IUCD (Copper T)
Male Sterilization IUCD
simple and very secure This is a simple and veryThis is a simple and very secure
secure This method is a sm
This is a simple and very secure
on for women who don’t operation for women who operation
don’t for men who don’t want operation for men who don’tinserted
want into the wo
have any more children. want to have any more to children.
have any more children. It takes to have any more children. by
It takes
a trained service
ess than 20 minutes. The It takes less than 20 minutes. The 15 minutes. The man
less than less than 15 minutes. The made
man of plastic and
goes home within 2 to 6 woman goes home within goes2 to 6 within 2 to 4 hours.
home goes home within 2 to 4 hours.
form of a “T”. It can
exual relations do not hours. Sexual relations do not relations do not change.
Sexual Sexual relations do not change.
woman for up to 10
and the woman continues change and the woman continues more, but can be re
her period.Tubal Ligation to have her period.
Vasectomy IUD time.
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Difficulty breathing Diarrhoea
Refusal to feed
Vomiting Malnutrition
Fever
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