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2nd World Breastfeeding Conference
11 December 2016 @ 08:00 - 14 February 2017 @ 17:00
11th-14th Dec: 2nd World Breastfeeding Conference: Johannesberg, South Africa
Objectives
1.To engage, inspire, innovate and advocate in partnership with like minded breastfeeding advocates and stakeholders for the attainment of Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition targets set by the 65th World Health Assembly;
2.To broaden the understanding on the persistent barriers that despite various
global policy and advocacy initiatives over the past 30 years, continue to impede improvement in exclusive breastfeeding rates and violate the human rights of those affected;
3.To raise awareness about the inadequate and wide variation among member
countries – both developed and developing, in the progress made towards
improving breastfeeding practices, which is attributable to funding, structural,
policy and political challenges;
4.To highlight the pivotal role played by the promotion, protection and support
of breastfeeding in transforming maternal and childhealth since the 2012 World
Breastfeeding Conference, and to build upon this momentum; and
5.To foster collective action, adoption and alignmentof regional and country
level strategies as well as plans towards targets set in the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), and advocate for increased investment for optimal
breastfeeding and MIYCN.
For more information on the
World Breastfeeding Conference 2016 , you are may contact u
s directly at:IBFAN AFRICA,
1st Floor East Wing, Embassy House, Msakato Street,
P.O. Box 781, Mbabane, SWAZILAND.
Phone:
+2682404 5006,
Email:
wbc2016.ibfan@realnet.co.sz
ibfan.swd@realnet.co.sz,
Website:
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Breastfeeding: Let’s Invest in Creating an
Enabling Environment for Mothers and Babies
2nd World Breastfeeding
Conference 2016
Johannesburg, South Africa, 11th – 14th December 2016