REPRODUCTIVE AND CHILD HEALTH CARE SERVICES

(A) SAVE YOUR CHILD THROUGH TIMELY IMMUNIZATION

TO PROTECT THEM FROM 6 KILLER DISEASES:-

1. TUBERCULOSIS (2) TETANUS (3) DIPTHTHERIA (4) WHOOPING COUGH (5) POLIOMYELITIS & MEASLES.

(B) REMEMBER THE ESSENTIALS OF ANTE-NATAL CARE

1. EARLY REGISTRATION
2. TETANUS TOXOID IMMUNIZATION
3. BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK-UP
4. FULL COURSE OF IRON & FOLIC ACID TABLET
5. MEASURING WEIGHT IS ALSO ESSENTIAL

(C) BREAST FEEDING

• START BREAST FEEDING AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE - THE FIRST BREAST MILK (COLOSTRUM) IS MOST ESSENTIAL FOR THE CHILD. DON’T DISCARD IT.

(D) PREVENT DEATH DUE TO DIARRHOEA

• CONTINUE FLUIDS AND FOOD DURING DIARRHOEA
• FLUIDS - RICE WATER, WEAK TEA, DILUTED DAL, LIME JUICE ETC.
• FOODS - WELL COOKED RICE, MASHED POTATO, SOFT MASHED DAL, BANANA ETC.
• GIVE ORAL REHYDRATION SALT SOLUTION - A LIFE SAVING DRINK

ISSUED IN PUBLIC INTEREST BY
DIRECTORATE OF HEALTH SERVICES (MCH&FW)
MEGHALAYA, SHILLONG