The Community Service and Environmental Development Sector at the College of the Patient, Menoufia University, in cooperation with the National Liver Institute, organized an awareness symposium, under the patronage of Dr. Adel Mubarak, President of the University, Dr. Enas Kassem, Dean of the Faculty of Nursing, and Dr. Hisham Abdel Dayem, Dean of the Liver Institute, under the title (Breastfeeding and its importance for mother and child)

The symposium dealt with breastfeeding and its importance for the mother and the child.

Because it is an important stage for the health of the mother and the child, as it helps to strengthen the child’s immune system, in addition to the many and multiple benefits of breastfeeding, as mother’s milk is the first and only source of nutrition for the child in the first months of his life

The symposium confirmed that breastfeeding helps improve the performance of the digestive system of the infant, because mother’s milk contains insulin and cortisol, in addition to amino acids, which have a major role in the development of the child’s digestive system, which limits the incidence of various infections in the digestive system, and reduces cases of constipation. Diarrhea and the various disorders that the child faces during his development stage in the first months of his life.

Breastfeeding also helps prevent chronic diseases, in childhood and the rest of life, in addition to protecting against immune diseases such as various allergic diseases and asthma. And it has a significant role in the development of the child's brain, increasing the intelligence of children compared to artificial feeding, and the development of audio-visual devices in children.

The lecturers at the symposium added that breastfeeding is also important for the mother because breastfeeding helps to secrete the hormone oxytocin, which restores the uterus to its normal position and contributes to the prevention of uterine cancer. It helps reduce depression, stress and anxiety that the mother experiences after pregnancy. And through the lactation stage. In addition to helping to reduce the excess weight gained by the woman during pregnancy, because breastfeeding helps to increase the rate of burning fat and calories.

The symposium was supervised by Dr. Sana Mustafa Saafan, Vice Dean of the College of Nursing for Community Service and Environmental Development, Dr. Nermin Ihsan, Vice Dean of the Liver Institute for Community Service and Environmental Development, and Dr. Amal Abdel Razzaq Fathallah, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing lectured.