Strengthening Breastfeeding by Family and community

Abstract

                Thailand's exclusive breastfeeding rate remains below the global average and the lowest in Southeast Asia. Therefore, there is a need to strengthen breastfeeding by involving families and communities; this effort relies on 6 main guidelines: 1) creating or enhancing skills 2) creating or increasing participation 3) creating or increasing the owner 4) creating partnerships with agencies and organizations 5) development of public policy and 6) budget support. It is important for stakeholders such as mothers and fathers, their families, communities and societies around the world to take action to strengthen breastfeeding. Government and community leaders should create policies to transform objectives into concrete practices and strategies that drive and support practitioners to carry out activities that successfully promote breastfeeding and pass on the value of breastfeeding to future generations. Finally, systematic management of knowledge is important in promoting breastfeeding must accommodate changes to the world situation, such as the case of emerging infectious diseases. The contemporary challenge of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID 19), for example, is currently affecting the promotion of breastfeeding; the response to this challenge can help set guidelines that practitioners can apply to suit local contexts.