RA 7600 CHAPTER III

Section 11–12 · 2 provisions

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Continuing Education, lie-education and Training of Health Personnel.

Section 11

SEC. 11. Continuing Education, lie-education and Training of Health Personnel.—The Department of Health with the assistance of other government agencies, professional and non-governmental organizations shall conduct continuing information, education, re-education, and training programs for physicians, nurses, midwives, nutritionist-dietitians, community health workers and traditional birth attendants (TBAs) and other health personnel, on current and updated lactation management. Information materials shall be given to all health personnel involved in maternal and infant care in health institutions.

Information Dissemination to Pregnant Women.

Section 12

SEC. 12. Information Dissemination to Pregnant Women. —During the prenatal, perinatal and postnatal consultations and/or confinements of the mothers or pregnant women in a health institution, it shall be the obligation of the health institution and the health personnel to immediately and continuously teach, train, and support the women on current and updated lactation management and infant care, through participatory strategies such as organization of mothers' clubs and breastfeeding support groups and to distribute written information materials on such matters free of charge.

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