I was wondering if one or two US LActnetters might check with USAID whether the below program includes a breastfeeding promotion component??
Karleen Gribble
Australia


http://www.usaid.gov/pk/

USAID Child Spacing Program Launched in Balochistan

      Quetta, May 22, 2008: U.S. Consul General Kay L. Anske (right) with Shahida Azfar, Chief of Party, FALAH and Dr. Ruqia Hashmi, Provincial Minister at the launch of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) $60 million Family Advancement for Life and Health (FALAH) project. 
Quetta, May 22, 2008: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched here today the Balochistan component of its five-year, $60 million nationwide program on child spacing, called "Family Advancement for Life and Health" (FALAH). 

"The 2007 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey Preliminary Report indicates that almost 50 percent of families who have one child want to wait for two or more years before having the next child," said Kay L. Anske, Consul General, U.S. Consulate Karachi. "FALAH will help them with child spacing."

The FALAH program will be implemented by a consortium of organizations led by the U.S.-based Population Council. Incorporation of child spacing into family health programs will help reduce the high levels of maternal and infant illness and deaths that continue to affect Pakistan. Operating in 20 districts nationwide, the Balochistan component of FALAH includes six districts: Lasbella, Jaffarabad, Zhob, Turbat, Khuzdar and Turbet-Kech.

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