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Kenya
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In Kenya, an assessment conducted by the IYCN Project and PATH found that HIV-exposed babies are at increased risk of HIV infection and other childhood illnesses as a result of poor infant feeding practices. Inadequate knowledge and unhelpful cultural beliefs among mothers and health workers, and a lack of support for good infant feeding practices, contribute to the problem.
IYCN is collaborating closely with PATH’s APHIA II Western project (A2W) to prevent malnutrition and increase HIV-free survival among infants and young children in Western Province. We are working at the facility and community levels to improve infant feeding counseling for HIV-positive mothers and strengthen support for optimal feeding practices.
Highlights
- In April 2009, IYCN collaborated with PATH and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation to train psychosocial support counselors on infant feeding within the context of HIV. Through A2W, IYCN is continuing to provide support for the counselors to assist HIV-positive mothers with infant feeding at health facilities in Western Province.
- From June 2009 until September 2009, the project partnered with the Society for Women and AIDS in Kenya to train more than 435 community-based workers to incorporate infant feeding into A2W’s existing HIV activities, including home visits, discussion groups, and community mobilization activities.
News and events archive
- Slide show: Engaging fathers to boost child nutrition (February 2011)
- World Breastfeeding Week: Boosting awareness of steps to successful breastfeeding (August 2010)
- Breastfeeding and Feminism Symposium: Engaging men to increase support for optimal infant feeding in Western Kenya (March 2010)
- Photo slide show: Promoting better nutrition for children in Kenya’s communities (February 2010)
- Update from the field: A hopeful exchange on the future of infant feeding in Kenya (August 2009)
- World Breastfeeding Week: National Infant and Young Child Feeding Stakeholders’ Meeting (August 2009)
- 5th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention: Infant Feeding and HIV: Science and Practice (July 2009)
- Global Health Council 36th Annual International Conference: Feeding of HIV-Exposed Infants in Kenya (May 2009)
- New IYCN activities in Kenya (March 2009)
IYCN resources
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Infant and Young Child Feeding and Gender: Trainer's Manual and Participant's Manuals (2010)
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Handout: Engaging Men to Increase Support for Optimal Infant Feeding in Western Kenya (2010)
- Infant Feeding Assessment: Eastern and Western Provinces (2010)
- Infant feeding brochures (2010)
- Kenya Infant Feeding and HIV: Reporting Tools (2009)
- Infant Feeding and HIV: Trainer’s Manual and Participant’s Manual (2009)
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Contact
For more information, please contact info@iycn.org.
Photos: Aurelio Ayala III, Richard Lord, Wendy Stone
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