Current Indonesian beloved country is being overwritten include Flash Flood disaster in Papua Wasior, Tsunami in the Mentawai, eruption of Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta. There are some health problems that emerged after the disaster of which are suffered by children under age 5.
Indonesian Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih asked all parties not to give formula milk to the children who took part were displaced by the eruption of Mount Merapi and the Mentawai Because tsunami can endanger their health.
It is recommended to mothers who have babies to give breast milk only until the baby is six months old. Breastfeeding can be continued until the child is aged two years and since the age of seven months may be given additional food in the form of complementary foods that have been provided by the government.
Breast milk can meet all the needs of infants and its superiority can not be replaced with other milk. It is safe, clean, and contains immune substances that can protect infants from various diseases.
UNICEF survey conducted one month after the Yogyakarta earthquake in 2006 showed that three out of four families with children under the age of six months of receiving aid formula. The survey also showed increased provision of infant formula from 32 percent just before the disaster to 43 percent after the disaster.
As a result, cases of diarrhea among infants aged under six months who received milk formula doubled (25.4 percent) compared with babies who did not receive formula milk (11.5 percent).
Diarrhea cases among children aged between six months and 23 months also increased by as much as five times higher than before the disaster. In catastrophic circumstances, environmental conditions usually deteriorate and the water supply is limited so it is important for mothers to continue breastfeeding their children. Source: Antara
Indonesian Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih asked all parties not to give formula milk to the children who took part were displaced by the eruption of Mount Merapi and the Mentawai Because tsunami can endanger their health.
It is recommended to mothers who have babies to give breast milk only until the baby is six months old. Breastfeeding can be continued until the child is aged two years and since the age of seven months may be given additional food in the form of complementary foods that have been provided by the government.
Breast milk can meet all the needs of infants and its superiority can not be replaced with other milk. It is safe, clean, and contains immune substances that can protect infants from various diseases.
UNICEF survey conducted one month after the Yogyakarta earthquake in 2006 showed that three out of four families with children under the age of six months of receiving aid formula. The survey also showed increased provision of infant formula from 32 percent just before the disaster to 43 percent after the disaster.
As a result, cases of diarrhea among infants aged under six months who received milk formula doubled (25.4 percent) compared with babies who did not receive formula milk (11.5 percent).
Diarrhea cases among children aged between six months and 23 months also increased by as much as five times higher than before the disaster. In catastrophic circumstances, environmental conditions usually deteriorate and the water supply is limited so it is important for mothers to continue breastfeeding their children. Source: Antara
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