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Infant Feeding in Emergencies
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Do you know that your generous donations of breastmilk substitutes could do more harm than good?
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These pages aim to raise awareness about, and encourage an appropriate response to infant feeding in emergencies. They highlight the importance of protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in emergency situations.
These pages are intended for policy makers, programme managers and field workers from agencies involved in emergency relief, donors, journalists, and other interested parties. |
CONTENT
• A RESPONSIBLE HELP CHAIN
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- Protecting breastfeeding in an emergency is a difficult concept to promote
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- Breastfeeding: Benefits - Did you know that...
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• MANAGING THE COMPLEXITY OF AID FLOW
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Policies and Guidelines DO Exist
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• DISPELLING MYTHS ABOUT BREASTFEEDING IN EMERGENCIES
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- HIV/AIDS and breastfeeding
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• A RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR INFANT FEEDING DURING TIMES OF CRISIS
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• CODE COMPLIANCE, ALSO IN EMERGENCIES
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• AN EFFECTIVE AND COHERENT INTERVENTION
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- Inter-Agency training modules on Infant Feeding in Emergencies |
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• BABY-FRIENDLY, EVEN IN EMERGENCIES
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• WHAT CAN YOU DO TO ENCOURAGE GOOD PRACTICE
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• WITH REGARDS TO INFANT FEEDING IN EMERGENCIES?
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This text exist in a printed version
as a 12 pages brochure.
Copies of this brochure can be requested from Wemos
or IBFAN-GIFA:
Wemos, P.O. Box 1693, 1000 BR Amsterdam,
The Netherlands ( wemos@wemos.nl)
IBFAN-GIFA, Avenue de la Paix 11, 1202 Geneva,
Switzerland ( info@gifa.org)
or through Baby Milk Actions on-line Virtual Shop |
The International Baby Food Action Network, IBFAN, is a coalition of more than 150 public interest groups
in over 90 countries.
IBFAN works to reduce infant and young child morbidity and mortality, through the promotion of breastfeeding and the elimination of irresponsible marketing of baby foods, bottles and teats.
IBFAN works towards universal implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and relevant World Health Assembly resolutions.
The Geneva Infant Feeding Association (GIFA) is the regional coordinator for IBFAN-Europe and the IBFAN liaison office with the international agencies.
Wemos, member of IBFAN, is a Dutch Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) that addresses international health issues through policy, advocacy and education activities.
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