AJUDE NA AQUISIÇÃO DE BOMBAS EXTRATORAS DE LEITE PARA A CASA NUTRI

 

A falta de programas de assistência pré-natal, a desnutrição materna importante, a malária recorrente, o HIV e outras doenças infecciosas que são predominantes, com certeza interferem na gestação, levando ao nascimento de bebês prematuros e de baixo peso.

O recém-nascido prematuro, os de baixo peso, os com problemas neurológicos e os com desnutrição grave, necessitam de um acompanhamento diferenciado e o leite materno é o alimento “padrão ouro” na alimentação dessas crianças.

Esses bebês nem sempre estão aptos a sugar e receber a alimentação diretamente no seio materno. Nesses casos faz-se necessário ordenhar e oferecer através de sondas ou colheres, para garantir a nutrição adequada. Daí a necessidade da bomba extratora.

Para além disso, temos um agravante: em um contexto de secas no continente africano, onde estão 14 de nossas 15 unidades, somadas a conflitos civis e à pandemia, a situação de fome e vulnerabilidade se intensifica, fazendo com que o leite materno seja, em muitas situações, o único alimento disponível para bebês de até dois anos de idade atendidos pela Casa Nutri.

HELP CASA NUTRI PURCHASE BREAST PUMPS

We need to acquire breastpumps for each unit of Casa Nutri to ensure the survival of our most vulnerable babies!

More than 15 million babies in the world are born with low birth weight. The number represents about one in seven births worldwide. Nearly three-quarters of these children are born in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

In South Asia, 1.4 million children under the age of five died in 2019 alone, 63% of which were newborns. In Sub-Saharan Africa, half of all children under the age of five who die, die from malnutrition and one out of every 13 children lose their lives before their fifth birthday - UNICEF 2019.

Breast milk will, in many situations, be the only food available to these children. We need to act!

The lack of prenatal care programs, severe maternal malnutrition, recurrent malaria, HIV and other prevalent infectious diseases are sure to interfere with pregnancy, leading to the birth of premature and low birth weight babies.

Premature newborns, those with low birth weight, those with neurological problems and those with severe malnutrition, need special monitoring and breast milk is the “gold standard” food for these children.

These babies are not always able to suck and receive food directly from the mother's breast.  In these cases, it is necessary to pump and offer through probes or spoons, to ensure adequate nutrition. Hence the need for a breast pump.

Also, to make matters worse: 14 of our 15 Africa units are located in areas hit hard by drought, civil conflicts, and the pandemic. This intensifies the need for breast milk, which in many cases is the only possible food source for babies up to two years old under the care of Casa Nutri.

A Casa Nutri vem intensificando seu trabalho nesse tema, com a participação regular de uma enfermeira especialista em amamentação, que acompanha os casos de cada unidade de forma remota, orientando mães e os agentes de campo que trabalham nos quatro países em que atuamos. Além disso, no primeiro semestre de 2022, a Casa Nutri fez uma intensa capacitação sobre aleitamento materno para todas as equipes envolvidas no cuidado com os bebês.

WE COUNT ON YOU!

Casa Nutri has been intensifying its work on this topic, with the regular participation of a nurse specialist in breastfeeding, who monitors the cases of each unit remotely, advising mothers and field agents who work in the four countries in which we operate. Additionally, in the first half of 2022, Casa Nutri gave intensive training on breastfeeding for all teams involved in the care of babies.

The training was exclusively on the subject, teaching about its importance in the health and development of babies, training agents on how to deal with different challenges and problems that breastfeeding mothers may face, and also dispelling myths and misinformation about breastfeeding in each culture.  It was a very rich learning experience!

Breast Pumps are only made available after local representatives have undergone training on breastfeeding and on pumping and storing breast milk.

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