Building Better Breastfeeding Counselling Programmes: New tools for implementation
Tools for building better breastfeeding counselling programmes Learn about newly introduced tools and resources to support implementation of recommendations on providing skilled breastfeeding counselling to all women during the first thousand days of their children’s lives. Resources include: Implementation Guidance on Counselling Women to…, Agenda, Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 14:00-15:30 UTC , Time (UTC) Topic and Speaker 14:00 Welcome and introductions: Grainne Moloney, UNICEF (moderator) 14:04 Introductory remarks: Dr. Victor Aguayo, UNICEF 14:09 Keynote presentation (recorded): Natasha Bilimoria, USAID 14:16 Video: Mother’s perspectives on breastfeeding counselling, featuring mothers from around the world 14:22 Presentation on…, Wednesday, 4 August 2021, 6:00-7:30 UTC , Time (UTC) Topic and Speaker 6:00 Welcome and introductions: Rukhsana Haider, Training and Assistance for Health & Nutrition Foundation (moderator) 6:04 Introductory remarks: Dr. Naoko Yamamoto, WHO 6:09 Keynote presentation (recorded): Natasha Bilimoria, USAID 6:16 Video: Mother’s perspectives on breastfeeding counselling, featuring…, Speakers, Grainne Moloney profile photo Grainne Moloney, Grainne Moloney is a Senior Advisor at the UNICEF HQ in New York and leads the unit on Early Childhood Nutrition which includes breastfeeding, complementary feeding and prevention and treatment of micronutrients deficiencies in the 0-5years age group. Previously Grainne worked in the UNICEF East and Southern Africa regional office on prevention…, Rukhsana Haider profile photo Rukhsana Haider, Rukhsana Haider, MBBS, MSc, PhD, FABM, is a physician, a public health nutritionist and a skilled breastfeeding counsellor. She is the Founder and Chairperson of the Training and Assistance for Health & Nutrition Foundation (TAHN), in Bangladesh, and Co-Chair of the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) Steering Committee. She has…, Dr. Victor Aguayo profile photo Dr. Victor Aguayo, Dr. Victor Aguayo is UNICEF Director for Nutrition. His work is guided by the belief that hunger and malnutrition are a violation of children’s rights. He has 30 years of research, policy, program, and humanitarian experience in Maternal and Child Nutrition in Latin America, Africa, Asia and globally. A public health doctor, Victor Aguayo…, Dr. Naoko Yamamoto profile photo Dr Naoko Yamamoto, Dr Naoko Yamamoto is WHO’s Assistant Director-General for Universal Health Coverage - Healthier Populations. Previously, she also held the role of WHO’s Assistant Director-General for Universal Health Coverage and Health Systems. Dr Yamamoto brings nearly 30 years of experience working on health. She served as Senior Assistant Minister for Global…, Natasha Bilimoria, Natasha Bilimoria serves as the Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Bureau of Global Health at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). She has over twenty years of experience working in multilateral institutions, non-profit organizations and government on government affairs, strategic planning, policy and communications. Most…, Laurence M Grummer profile photo Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn, Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn, MPA, MA, PhD is the unit head of the Food and Nutrition Actions in Health Systems unit at the World Health Organization. He coordinates WHO work on infant and young child nutrition, treatment of acute malnutrition, and prevention of micronutrient deficiencies. Until December 2014, he served as chief of the Nutrition…, Fatmata Fatima Sesay profile photo Fatmata Fatima Sesay, Fatmata Fatima Sesay is a Nutrition Specialist, Infant Feeding with UNICEF HQ in New York. She has 15 years of experience in Maternal, Infant, and Young Child and Micronutrient Nutrition in both development and humanitarian settings. Fatmata holds an MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a BSc and an MSc…, Dr. Ma del Carmen Casanovas Vargas profile photo Dr. Ma del Carmen Casanovas Vargas, Dr Ma del Carmen Casanovas Vargas is a Bolivian paediatrician with a master’s in public health. She has been trained in lactation management and has been training health professionals, other health workers and community workers on lactation management, infant and young child feeding as well as breastfeeding counselling. She has many years of…, Isabelle Modigell profile photo Isabelle Modigell, Isabelle Modigell is the lead author of the Operational Guidance: Breastfeeding Counselling in Emergencies, which she worked on closely with Linda Shaker Berbari on behalf of ENN and the IFE Core Group. She is an IYCF-E specialist with a public health background and over eight years’ experience working in diverse humanitarian contexts across three…, Carole Kenner profile photo Carole Kenner, Carole Kenner, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, ANEF is the Chief Executive Officer, Council of International Neonatal Nurses, Inc. (COINN) and Carol Kuser Loser Dean and Professor at The College of New Jersey School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science. Dr. Kenner received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Cincinnati, and both a…, Theresa Shaver profile photo Theresa Shaver, Theresa Shaver is Senior Maternal and Newborn Health Advisor in the Office of Maternal Child Health and Nutrition at USAID. Theresa is a globally recognized nurse-midwife with more than 35 years of experience in international health program management and implementation focused primarily on maternal, newborn and reproductive health. She is a…, Dr Leah Greenspan profile photo Dr. Leah Greenspan, Dr. Leah Greenspan is a board certified Pediatrician and Neonatologist. She has worked clinically in the Washington DC area for almost 20 years. Dr. Greenspan has extensive experience working in Global Health with a focus on newborn health in Sub Saharan Africa and Asia. Prior to joining the team at USAID, she worked with multiple NGOs as a Senior…, Lesley Oot profile photo Lesley Oot, Lesley Oot, MPH is an Associate Director of Alive & Thrive (A&T), a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded global nutrition initiative that seeks to save lives, prevent illness, and ensure healthy growth of mothers and children. Ms. Oot is a global health professional with more than 10 years of experience providing programmatic and…, Altrena Mukuria profile photo Altrena Mukuria, Altrena Mukuria, DrPH, CLS, is a Senior Technical Advisor with Save the Children working on USAID Advancing Nutrition. She is a seasoned global health specialist with over 30 years’ experience working in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Altrena conducted her doctoral studies in public health at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public…, Michelle Buckner profile photo Michelle Buckner, Michelle Buckner is the mother of 3 breastfeed children, holds a degree in Social Work, was a La Leche League Leader for 15 years and currently coordinates the Breastfeeding Buddies Program in Waterloo Region, Canada. Michelle has been supporting women and families for 20 years, has spoken at conferences across Canada on the topic of peer…, Hector Menendez profile photo Hector (Romeo) Menendez, Hector (Romeo) Menendez is an Ob-Gyn Medical Doctor, who graduated from San Carlos University of Guatemala. He is Past President of the Guatemalan Ob-Gyn Association, and a member of several regional ob-gyn associations. He has served as coordinator of the ALARM International Program; a member of the “Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health Committee”…, Nathalie Likhite profile photo Nathalie Likhite, Nathalie Likhite is Senior Social and Behavioural Change Advisor with the Alive & Thrive initiative in West Africa since 2019. She provides technical leadership and support in social and behavioural change (SBC) to Alive & Thrive’s activities in Burkina Faso and West Africa, as well as to regional partnerships to improve maternal, infant…, Maria Teresa Hernández Aguilar profile photo Maria-Teresa Hernández-Aguilar, Maria-Teresa Hernández-Aguilar (Maite) volunteers her work since 2007, for IHAN-Spain (Association for Humanizing Perinatal Assistance and Human Lactation) which is the not-for-profit association that runs the Baby-Friendly Initiative in Spain (BFHI-Spain). She graduated as a Medical Doctor from the Spanish Complutense University (Madrid), is a…, Dr. Mona Alsumaie profile photo Dr. Mona Alsumaie, Dr. Mona Alsumaie is a Pediatrician, Senior Nutritionist, and IBCLC. Her current position is the Director of Nutrition Education and Community Nutrition Promotion Department of the Public Authority of Food and Nutrition, Kuwait. Her major responsibilities and other positions are: The Coordinator of the Kuwait Maternal, Infant and Young Child…, Dr. Mary Waiyego profile photo Dr. Mary Waiyego, Dr. Mary Waiyego is a neonatologist at Kenyatta National Hospital, a national referral and teaching hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. Prior to her current position, she worked for Pumwani Maternity Hospital (PMH) where she served as paediatrician from 2013 to 2016, and neonatologist and team leader from 2018 to 2020. While at Pumwani Maternity Hospital…, Nisha Sharma, Nisha Sharma, Research Manager for Helen Keller International, is a public health professional with ten years of experience in public health research, monitoring and evaluating child nutrition programs in Nepal. She is passionate about improving nutrition of young children. She currently works as Research Manager for Helen Keller International’s…, Duong-Vu-profile-photo Duong Vu, Duong Vu, Alive & Thrive Southeast Asia, Viet Nam Program Manager, has a decade of experience in policy advocacy on equitable health financing, domestic resources mobilization in health sectors, partnership building and program management. At Alive & Thrive, Duong leads the development and execution of workplans for policy advocacy,…, Watch the webinar videos, ILCA/UNICEF/WHO, Building Better Breastfeeding Counselling Programmes: New tools for implementation - 3 August 21, ILCA/UNICEF/WHO, Building Better Breastfeeding Counselling Programmes: New tools for implementation - 4 August 21, ILCA/UNICEF/WHO, Why Skilled Breastfeeding Counselling Matters, Global Breastfeeding Collective, إنشاء برامج أفضل لتقديم المشورة في مجال الرضاعة الطبيعية: أدوات جديدة للتطبي, Global Breastfeeding Collective, Concevoir de meilleurs programmes de conseil sur l'allaitement maternel: de nouveaux outils de mise en œuvre, Global Breastfeeding Collective, Создание лучших программ консультаций по грудному вскармливанию. Новые инструменты для внедрения, Global Breastfeeding Collective, Creación de mejores programas de asesoramiento sobre lactancia materna: Nuevas herramientas que pueden implementarse
