HIV and Infant Feeding Counseling Tools
These tools were created to help health workers before, during and after a counseling session so that they can better support HIV-positive mothers.
The tools consist of the following parts:
- Counseling cards that describe the counselling process. Infant feeding counselors should use the flipchart during counseling sessions with HIV-positive pregnant women and/or mothers. The cards need local adaptation to a) identify the most acceptable/feasible feeding options from 0 to 6 months, and b) identify the most suitable foods to cover nutrient requirements from 6 to 24 months.
- Take-home flyers that explain how to practice safer infant feeding, according to the mother’s decision. The counselor should use the relevant flyer to teach the mother, and she can then use it as a reminder at home.
- A Reference guide that provides more technical and practical details than the counseling cards. Counselors can use it as a handbook.
- An Orientation guide that suggests ways for health care managers to train infant feeding counselors on how to use these tools.
Source: UNICEF, WHO
Date of Publication: October 15, 2021
SIMILIAR RESOURCES
Tools
Examples
- Infant and Young Child Feeding Recommendations When COVID-19 is Suspected or Confirmed
- Interpersonal Communication for Immunization (IPC-I)
- Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection in Infants and Children: Recommendations for a Public Health Approach
- Toolkit for Transition of Care and Other Services for Adolescents Living with HIV
- IPC for Immunization Toolkit
- HIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination Toolkit
- Talking to Children about Illness and Death of a Loved One during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- COVID-19 in Pregnancy and Lactation
- Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents
- COVID-19, Maternal and Child Health, and Nutrition