Breastfeeding

In Mexico
Horacio Reyes Vazquez M.D.

Objectives

Breastfeedings standpoint in mxico

Who advises the mother?
Pediatricianslevel of knowledge regarding
breastfeeding
Training program and its diverse options
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Baby Friendly Hospitals in Mxico

Babies that never receive breastfeeding

1987. Encuesta de Demografa y Salud.

1995. Encuesta Nacional de Planificacin Familiar
1997. Encuesta Nacional de la Disminucin Demogrfica 1997, (ENADID 1997) 1999
2000. Encuesta Nacional La Salud de los nios Menores de 2 aos en el IMSS 2001

Exclusive breastfeeding in Mxico

at 4 months of age

1990 y 1992. SSA, HGM y HM

1995. Public Health in Mexico, 1997; 39: 110-116.
2000. Survey Health of children under 2 years of age attended by IMSS. 2001.

Percentage of infants breastfed during

the first six months of age

Incidence of breast feeding according to

mothers job outside home

Who advises mothers and are opinion leaders?

Pediatricians

Survey to pediatricians of CONAPEME

TRANSVERSAL STUDY, THROUGH A

DESCRIPTIVE SURVEY.
DATE: MAY 2006.
TOTAL SURVEYS: 271.
HORACIO REYES M.D.
MANUEL BAEZA M.D.
ALEJANDRA ESPINOZA M.D.
CLAUDIA LOPEZ M.D.

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Results
RECOMMENDATIONS:

EARLY CONTACT 95%

ROOMING IN: 54%
EXCLUSIVE
BREASTFEEDING 89%
BREASTFEEDING 6
MONTHS: 52%

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Answer
CONAPEME

APROLAM www.aprolam.org

MEXICAN HEALTH SECRETARY

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ADVANCED
COURSE ON
BREASTFEEDING
SUPPORT

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2007-12 workshops, 479 students

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2008-33 workshops, 2217 attendees

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2008

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TRAINED PERSONNEL BY 32 CURSOS,

DURING 2008

General Physicians
Pediatricians
Gineco obstetritians
Nurses
Students
Others: T.S.,
psychologists,
nutriologists,
radiologists, etc.
Total
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523
164
34
541
680
195

2217

TRAINING 200936 ( 30 ) WORKSHOPS:

TRAINEES 2710

PROFESSION
GENERAL PHISICIANS
PEDIATRICIANS
GYNECOLOGIST
NURSES
STUDENTS
OTHERS

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NUMBER
485
261
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866
878
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INVESTIGATION CONTEST, 2008

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RESULTS OF THE BREASTFEEDING

2008 CONTEST
1. INMUNOLOGIC VALUATON AND CALOSTRO NUTRITIA IN WOMEN
FROM LOW INCOME LEVEL IN CUAUTLA MORELOS, AS AN INTEGRAL
VISION OF BREASTFEEDING. Dra. Ludmila Vite Torres, M en C. Dra. Maria de
Lourdes Rodrguez Belmonte, Guadalupe Estela Zavala Prez, TL Maria Teresa
Espinosa Calvo.
2. BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF AGE
IN A HOSPITAL WITH 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE FRIENDLY HOSPITAL
PROGRAM. Dra. Irene Santos Torres, Edgar Manuel Vasquez Garibay, Rogelio
Troyo Sanroman, Emma Mendez de Leon
3. HUMAN MILK, INDISPENSABLE FACTOR POR DECREASING
ENTEROCOLITIS NECROSANTE IN PREDUE NEW BORN BABIES. LEE.
Martha Alicia Daz Herrera, E.G. Mara Marina Martnez Lozano

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ON LINE COURSE
1st. THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 1st.
Why should pediatritians support and promote breastfeeding?
HORACIO REYES VAZQUEZ M.D.
Thursday November 5th.
When and why must we begin with breastfeeding.
ALFREDO LOMELI M.D.
THURSDAY DECEMBER 3rd.
Practical tips for achieving succesful breastfeeding.
ILBCL GRACIELA HESS
THURSDAY JANUARY 3rd
Inmunological protection of human milk
MANUEL BAEZA BACAB M.D.
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The Aztec mythology and breastfeeding

In the Aztec mythology, infants

who died went to an afterworld
called Chichihuacuahco, where
they could continue their intake
of human milk, because the
leaves of the ceiba, a huge and
beautiful tree, transformed into
breasts as they fell down.
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