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Country : Brunei Darussalam
Summary : Agreement for Performance of Work - Training on Breastfeeding Counselling in Brunei Darussalam
Deadline : 20 Oct 2023
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Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 90252590
Document Ref. No. : APW_KHM
Financier : World Health Organization (WHO)
Purchaser Ownership : Public
Tender Value : Refer Document
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BACKGROUNDBrunei is experiencing a double burden of malnutrition. The 2nd National Health and Nutrition Status Survey in 2009 showed that there is a mix of underweight children (10.9%) and overweight children (8.3%) in children less than 5 years old. The National Maternal, Infant & Young Children Nutrition (MIYCN) strategy of 2014-2020 was subsequently developed as the first national framework to promote, protect, support and monitor optimal feeding of infants (of less than 12 months) and young children (12-23 months) at the population level. This includes optimal breastfeeding practices, namely exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months and continued breastfeeding for 2 years, including optimal complementary feeding practices. A MIYCN Taskforce comprising of healthcare workers from various disciplines was also formed to implement the strategy.Over the past decade, the rates of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) at 6 months in Brunei initially improved from 29% to 41% between 2010 and 2013 after the introduction of maternity leave regulation in 2011. Since then, however, the increase in breastfeeding rate has been slow in reaching the WHO MIYCN target of 50%, the progress of which was further ...
Publish Date: 09-Oct-2023
UN Orgnization: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
Type of Notice: Request for proposal
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