In keeping with this year’s World Breastfeeding Week theme “Empower Parents Enable Breastfeeding”, Registered Nurse Claudette Stanisclaus has been conducting breastfeeding presentations every Thursday from August 8th, 2019 as part of the Gran Couva Health Centre’s yearly Breastfeeding Programme. These presentations aim to educate parents in the community on the benefits of breastfeeding, the importance of lactation and maintaining a positive outlook and image post-delivery. Presentations at Gran Couva Health Centre will end on August 29th, 2019 at 8:30 a.m.

On Wednesday August 2nd, 2017, the second annual Infant and Young Child Feeding Seminar, hosted by staff of the Nutrition and Dietetics Department, was held in Conference Room A, Level 4, San Fernando Teaching Hospital. This year, the objective of the seminar was, to provide educational guidelines for Nursing and Medical Students regarding optimal nutrition for the paediatric population from birth to five years of age. Breastfeeding and pregnancy topics were addressed, including the benefits of having an exclusively breast-fed baby.