Pregnant Women
1. Visit the Antenatal Clinic as soon as you know you are pregnant and continue till you deliver.
2. Remember to as for Tetanus vaccine for pregnant women at the Antenatal Clinic.
3. If you feel unwell before your next Antenatal Clinic appointment report to the health facility.
4. Prepare to deliver in the health facility.
Caregivers/Mother
1. Visit the health facility at least 2 times within the first week after birth for you and your baby to checked and treated if necessary.
2. Start breastfeeding within 30 minutes after delivery and give your baby only breast milk from birth to six months.
3. Keep baby cord clean and dry: use only medicine given by the health worker.
4. Keep the child clothing and rapping clean.
5. Wash your hands with soap under clean running water before handling or feeding your baby.
6. Cover your baby well to keep him/her warm always.
7. Complete your child’s immunization before the child is 2 years old.
8. Always take your sick child to the health facility for early treatment.
9. Make sure that your baby sleeps under long-lasting insecticide bet-nets every night and throughout the night.
10. Register your baby at birth or within one year. It gives the child legal recognition and social protection.
11. Take your child regularly for weighing and Vitamin A till your child is 5 years old.
12. Family planning makes mother and child grow healthy.
Talk to your Health Provider
Source:RHPU/BAR
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