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7th REGIONAL CONFERENCE 2007
The IBFAN Africa 7th Regional Conference was held in Maputo, Mozambique, from August 13-18, 2007, attended by some 127 participants and support staff. Congratulations are in order for Swaziland’s Youth who demonstrated their commitment when a member attended the Conference on a self funded
basis!
If you want more in depth coverage of the Conference, an electronic version (on CD or email) of the Summary Report is available on request from IBFAN Africa Regional Office’s Information Officer.
Objectives of the Conference
• To update participants on current issues/ developments on infant and young child nutrition.
• To discuss the new WHO/UNICEF BFHI training and assessment tools.
• To review progress made in BFHI and community support, and share best practices.
• To consolidate lessons from IBFAN Africa’s Capacity Project in five countries to increase visibility of IBFAN at the national level.
• To formulate strategies for scaling-up implementation of BFHI in the region through best practice.
Recommendations
• One integrated package to be created from existing training tools.
• Self-teaching modules to be developed by regional partners to overcome governments reluctance to release staff for training
• Training module and assessment indicators for community support to be developed by IBFAN Africa.
• WHO and UNICEF to support integration into pre-service training curriculum
• The BFHI training modules on the Code and HIV and infant feeding should not be optional
in African countries
• A coordinated regional response to scalingup of BFHI and other IYCF should be formulated.
• Regional partners to mobilize resources, including facilitators, for scaling-up of national
integrated packages
• Regional bodies to increase advocacy for implementation of the Code and resource
allocation to IYCF.
• IBFAN to lobby WHO for support with advocacy to governments on the need for Code
enactment.
Posted by ibfanafrica on 08 May 2008 | Tagged as: General, IBFAN Activities, Regional Meeting
How to Extend Breastfeeding
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.
Posted by Vulie Kunene on 12 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Breastfeeding, Community Support, General, Maternal Protection
How to overcome challenges to breastfeeding
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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Posted by Vulie Kunene on 12 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Breastfeeding, Community Support, General, IBFAN Activities
Teaching Good Eating Habits to Reduce Malnutrition and Diet Related Diseases
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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Posted by Vulie Kunene on 11 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: General, IBFAN Activities
Donation from Wellcome Trust Boosts HIV Research In Sub-Saharan 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.
Posted by Vulie Kunene on 11 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Breastfeeding, General, HIV, South Africa
Baby Friendly Care in 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.
Posted by Vulie Kunene on 11 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: BFHI, General, South Africa
To: The People and Leaders of the United States of America
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.
Posted by Vulie Kunene on 05 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Breastfeeding, General, Watch the Code
The story of Ranjit Chandra
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.
Posted by Vulie Kunene on 03 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: General, Watch the Code
The Quiet Scandal of 10 Million Deaths
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 »
Posted by Vulie Kunene on 03 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Breastfeeding, Community Support, General
