Maternal and child care (MCH) handbook

The Maternal and Childcare handbook provides precious information on nutrition, the importance of rest during pregnancy and breast feeding to mothers. It is an important tool which allows for systematic recording of personal health data for the mother during pregnancy and for the child since birth up to until the age of 5.

The production of this handbook is one of the recommendations of the Mauritius National Roadmap Framework for Maternal and Child Health launched last year by the country with two important goals. First, to reduce morbidity and mortality among children under five years to one digit in the next 5 years and secondly, to reduce perinatal and maternal morbidity and mortality rate.