Malezi Bora-Afya Leo ni Uzima Kesho

What is Malezi Bora?
It is an initiative by Ministry of Health and partners to promote use of routine health services for mother and child in all health facilities.

You can promote good health and well being of children through the following key steps:

1. Healthy pregnancy: As soon as you know you are pregnant, visit your nearest health care centre before you deliver for ante-natal clinic visits. Plan to deliver at a health care facility.

2.Breast-feeding: Breast milk is all your baby needs to grow well for the first six months.

3. Stop Malaria: Make sure your child sleeps under an insecticide treated net every night to prevent malaria.

4. Good Nutrition: After 6 months, give additional nutritious food 4 times a day. Include a variety of vegetables daily to get essential minerals and vitamins.

5. Give Vitamin A: Boost immunity; Make sure your child gets vitamin A every six months from 9 months to 5 years.

6. Fast Treatment: At the first sign of fever, take your child to the nearest health facility immediately.

7.Complete Immunization: Protect your child against killer diseases. Make sure your child completes the recommended immunization within the first year.

8.Stop Diarrhoea: Wash your hands with clean water and soap.

9.ORS (Oral Rehydration Salts) is the recommended treatment that helps replace fluids lost due to diarrhoea.

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