摘要：The Extension Project “Let’s go to breastfeed, mother?” it comes acting since 1993 with the objective to stimulate the breastfeeding in the jequieense community and surrounding cities, aims the reduction of the infantile mortality and morbidity. In this study, we search to tell the activities that had been developed by the related project in 2006. This is a documental research of quantitative nature. It had as scene the Basic Health Care Units and the rooming-in unit of a public hospital. The sampling consisted of 500 pregnant women and 1.195 woman in postpartum registered in cadastre in these units. The results shows the accomplishment of 98 informative lectures in the Basic Health Care Units; 290 in the rooming-in unit; 124 household visits; distributed 1.195 educative folders; orientation of three scientific research approaching the thematic; participation in the Breastfeeding World-wide Week; accomplishment of 24 meeting of the group of study; cadastre of woman in postpartum in the rooming-in unit; accomplishment of 3 workshops; participation in 1 meeting of the Integrated Group of Incentive to Breastfeeding in Salvador city. We understand that the cited project comes giving your contribution to the spreading, incentive and promotion to the breastfeeding, constituting a project of social relevance because awaking in the academic community and extra-academic the necessity and the importance of the practical of the breastfeeding.
