Training course 5 “Healthcare and early development for infants”

Following the 4^th training course of the “Learning Clubs on Women’s Health and Infant Development”, Research and Training Center for Community Development (RTCCD) in collaboration with Ha Nam Provincial Women’s Union implemented the 5^th training course on “Healthcare and Early Development for Infants” in 03 days from October 27^th – 29^th , 2014.

The course focuses on providing club facilitators the following knowledge:

• Food diversification and teach an infant how to feed himself
• Common diseases in infants aged 7-12 months and treatment
• Play with infants aged 7-12 months: stimulate communication skills for infants
• Play with infants aged 7-12 months: stimulate motor skills for infants
• Family’s role in caring for infants aged 0 – 24 months

Attending this training course, Dr. Nguyen Trong An – Nutritionist for mothers and children guided participants how to diversify an infant’s diets and how to teach an infant to eat independently. Besides, Dr. An also provided knowledge about the most concerning issue for Vietnamese mothers which was infantile anorexia, causes and solutions. Joining the 3^rd day of the training course, Dr. Vu Thi Thuy Lan – Head of Green Pine Clinic talked about “Common diseases in infants aged 7-12 months and treatment”. The two doctors answered many questions from participants, for instance, how much should we feed infants per meal? How do we teach our children to eat independently? What are the causes of infantile anorexia? What should we do when an infant has fever? After taking paracetamol, the infant vomited, then what should we do?

After attending the training course, the participants felt more confident and ready to apply the knowledge to the clubs in their communes.

Here are some photos of training course: