Haiti Earthquake Updates:
Save the Children
Provides Songs with Lifesaving Health and Nutrition Advice to Haitian Radio Stations, with Tips on Breastfeeding and Basic Hygiene To Help Save Babies' Lives During Upcoming Rainy Season. The songs provide Haitian mothers with simple tips and hints about breastfeeding, feeding and hand washing to enable them to better protect their newborn babies and children against preventable diseases and malnutrition. "The rainy season is approaching in Haiti. And we know that stagnant water and poor sanitation provide a fertile breeding ground for malaria and diarrhea, which are among the biggest killers of babies and young children," said Kathryn Bolles, Save the Children's director of emergency health and nutrition. "These diseases are easily preventable and treatable. So it is crucial for people in the camps to have access to accurate information in their language so they have the tools to protect their children.
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