October 2007
Monthly Archive
How to Extend Breastfeeding
Posted by Vulie Kunene on 12 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Breastfeeding, Community Support, General, Maternal Protection
By Susie McGee
Breastfeeding offers many benefits for both mother and child. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that nursing mothers continue to breastfeed their babies for at least the first year. The benefits of breastfeeding for babies includes a lower risk of allergies, diabetes and other health-related problems.
How to overcome challenges to breastfeeding
Posted by Vulie Kunene on 12 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Breastfeeding, Community Support, General, IBFAN Activities
How To Resolve Breastfeeding Problems
By Theresa Halvorsen
It is recommended that women breastfeed their babies for at least six months, and preferably a year. Yet many women don’t even come close to six months due to breastfeeding issues. Breastfeeding issues run the gamut from nipple soreness to mastitis and thrush, but there are steps you can take to resolve breastfeeding issues.
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Teaching Good Eating Habits to Reduce Malnutrition and Diet Related Diseases
Posted by Vulie Kunene on 11 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: General, IBFAN Activities
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Rome)
Educating school children in healthy nutrition is one of the most effective strategies for overcoming malnutrition and chronic diet-related diseases but has been neglected far too long, FAO said today.
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Donation from Wellcome Trust Boosts HIV Research In Sub-Saharan Africa
Posted by Vulie Kunene on 11 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Breastfeeding, General, HIV, South Africa
The Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, based in an area of South Africa where over one in five people are HIV infected, is to receive approximately 15 million pounds over five years, subject to a three year review, from the Wellcome Trust, the UK’s largest medical research charity. The Centre will use the funding to improve the health status of people in the area, with a particular focus on HIV infection.
Baby Friendly Care in South Africa
Posted by Vulie Kunene on 11 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: BFHI, General, South Africa
Kulani Mavunda
Polokwane
Mokopane Hospital is considered to be the best hospital in Limpopo to have a baby.
The hospital received a platinum certificate last week for the quality of care it offers to newborn babies and their mothers.
To: The People and Leaders of the United States of America
Posted by Vulie Kunene on 05 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Breastfeeding, General, Watch the Code
Help us save 16,000 Filipino children lives every year and 1.5 million babies dying every year throughout the world, because they were not breastfed.
To counter the mounting pressure that US officials and businessmen exert against breastfeeding advocates and Philippine health officials to prevent them from strictly implementing the laws that protect breastfeeding, the initiator of this petition-signing organized two simultaneous breastfeeding Guinness World Records in single and multiple sites in the Philippines, synchronized breastfeeding worldwide and initiated Senate and Congress hearings in her country. The battle has reached the Supreme Court and the case is still being adjudicated. The case constitutes a precedent that may affect the Breastfeeding Movement in the entire world, especially in developing countries where the financial muscle of multinational corporations and official American pressure are influencing national policies.
The story of Ranjit Chandra
Posted by Vulie Kunene on 03 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: General, Watch the Code
October 2nd, 2007 by MamaBear
www.breastfeedingsymbol.org
In order to understand the present and what the future might bring, it crucial to be aware of what happened in the past. History has a tendency of repeating itself, though not always in exactly the same way.
I’m going to relate to you now the story of Ranjit Chandra. Ranjit Chandra was a world renowned professor at Memorial University at Newfoundland. He is rumored to have been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, twice. He was the recipient of the prestigious Order of Canada, Canada highest civilian honor, for a career of medical and scientific excellence. He has been lauded for his brilliance and intellect for over three decades.
The Quiet Scandal of 10 Million Deaths
Posted by Vulie Kunene on 03 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Breastfeeding, Community Support, General
By Alexandra Stahl UNITED NATIONS, Oct 2 (IPS) - A global coalition of governments and organisations has launched a new campaign to drastically improve pre- and post-natal healthcare in places like India, which alone accounts for a staggering 25 percent of the world’s child deaths and 20 percent of maternal deaths. Continue Reading »
Highlights of the IBFAN Africa 7th Regional Conference
Posted by Vulie Kunene on 03 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: General, IBFAN Activities, Regional Meeting
PESTANA ROVUMA HOTEL, MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE,
13-18 AUGUST 2007
IBFAN Africa hosted it 7th Regional Conference in Maputo, Mozambique from 13th-18th August 2007, with the theme: Revitalisation of the Mother and Baby Friendly Health Facility and Community Initiative in Africa: Successes, Challenges and Forging Ahead.
The Conference was attended by 137 participants from all around the African Continent. These included participants from both Civil Society and Governments, and also incorporated participation from organizations such as UNICEF and WHO.
Child Mortality on the decrease: A reason to be cheerful!
Posted by Vulie Kunene on 02 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Breastfeeding, Emergencies, General
Child mortality worldwide hits record low: UNICEF
Sep 12, 2007
UNITED NATIONS (AFP)  Deaths of children under age five around the world dropped below 10 million for the first time last year, according to United Nations Children’s Fund figures released Thursday.
