As part of your World Breastfeeding Week celebrations, please join us for Achieving health equity: Providing skilled breastfeeding support universally.
In this webinar sponsored by the Global Breastfeeding Collective, WHO and UNICEF, key global leaders will discuss why investment in skilled breastfeeding support is essential to achieving equitable health outcomes. The audience will hear from funders, implementing organizations and national government level leaders.
As a part of ILCA’s efforts as members of the Global Breastfeeding Collective, Mudiwah Kadeshe, immediate past president, will be speaking and Lisa Mandell, global advocacy adviser, is serving as the chair of the task group organizing this event. We hope that you can join us.
In addition, please share this information with those who can take action to invest in skilled breastfeeding support, including government leaders, health policy makers, and funders.
The webinar will be conducted in English with simultaneous interpretation in French, Spanish, Arabic, and Russian.
Speakers include:
Moderators:
Dr. Victor Aguayo, Associate Director, Programme Division, Chief, Nutrition Programme, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Dr. Francesco Branca, Director, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health Organization (WHO)
Speakers:
Dr. France Begin, Senior Advisor, Early Childhood Nutrition, UNICEF
Ms. Mudiwah Kadeshe, Immediate Past President, International Lactation Consultant Association
Mrs. Juliana Abdul Razak, breastfeeding mother, Malaysia
Her Excellency Mrs. Samina Alvi, First Lady of Pakistan
Dr. Laurence Grummer-Strawn, Unit Head, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health Organization
Dr. Amy E. Pollack, Director, Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Ms. Helga Fogstad, Executive Director, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Dr. Steve Wall, Senior Director, Newborn Health, Save the Children
Dr. Alma Golden, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development
Her Excellency Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, First Lady of Ghana
Date: 5 August 2020
Time: 13:00 – 14:30 UTC (9:00 New York, 15:00 Geneva, 16:00 Nairobi, 18:00 Islamabad, 22:00 Tokyo) (Click here to see the time in your location)
Free, pre-registration is required: https://bit.ly/SBSequity
Will a recording of the session be available afterwards for those who could not attend?
Yes. All registered attendees will receive a link to a recording that should be available within a few days of the session.
A recording is now available here: https://ilca.org/skilled-breastfeeding-support-webinar/