BREAST FEEDING PATTERNS IN UGANDA AS A CASE STUDY OF AFRICAN STATES.

Kimuli Frederick Jorwet (Social Worker & Civil Society & Health Worker) holds a Degree in
Social Work and Social Administration (BSWASA) Makerere University, Certificate in Social
Services and Health Management Information System (SSHMIS) Mulago Hospital Complex,
and Certificate in Social Sciences, Certificate in Counselling in HIV/AIDS (TASO) and multiple
accreditations. Mandatorily breast feeding the recommended form of Pediatric feeding and
nutrition with almost no exception except in eventualities quite unbearable as hereunder
highlighted. To date the would be breast feeding pattern of at least two years has been
critically and inevitably skewed courtesy of serious arising issues prevalent in most African
societies such as;
HIV/AIDS -SCOURGE;
Its highly prevalence implies numerable cases of positively living breast feeding mothers.
Accordingly, these ones have always seen directed to feed their babies on only breast milk
an issue that seems to be bothering most as they do believe the best idea would be to totally
resort to other feeding methods since the moms’ bodies are already infected.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES
With an average local in most of African societies living on income of less than a dollar per
day, most mothers can hardly afford to have enough time to breast feed and others totally
have no time at all to do so as they’re normally breast winners in their life
respective households.
OTHER SERIOUS ISSUES SUCH AS WARS, DEMISE (ANTENATAL PASSING ON OF MOMS OR
SERIOUS INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
In some cases, given the poor standards of care at birth, moms have passed on while giving
birth and in some limited cases would be breast feeding moms have been diagnosed with
serious infectious diseases and as such have been totally denied the chance to breast feed
their babies All in all, given the prevalent health care standards, socio-economic status and
also local knowledge levels in most societies in Uganda as a case study of most African
societies it’s clear that a considerable percentage of infants aren’t breast fed effectively and
thus explains the high prevalence of infant disorders and diseases related to malnutrition.
2022
Vol 6. No. S 2

Author(s): Kimuli Frederick Jorwet

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