| Non-governmental Organization
(NGO) Committee for UNICEF |
Held June 05, 2004, New York, New York, USA
ILCA Liaison: Susan E. Burger, MHS, PhD, IBCLC
Susan Burger attended the Nongovernmental Organization (NGO)
Committee for UNICEF meeting, on June 5, 2004. She found that
funding and support for HIV/AIDS has eroded the funding and
support for breastfeeding interventions, despite the fact that
breastfeeding interventions could prevent a substantially
greater proportion of deaths. A recent report by Judy
Canahuati suggests that infant feeding is no longer perceived
as a priority among UNICEF field staff.
There is much to be done to ensure that breastfeeding on the
forefront of international development. Some NGOs focus on
advocacy for breastfeeding and others provide services,
technical assistance or policy documents that strengthen
interventions to promote breastfeeding. Nevertheless, these
promotional efforts leave out an important group of women:
those who experience clinical problems. While women in
developing countries may experience fewer clinical problems
because they live in a cultural environment that is more
supportive of breastfeeding, they still do experience these
problems. ILCA has the opportunity to play a unique role in
addressing this obvious gap if we can develop strategy to
undertake key activities that will complement the activities
of other organizations.
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