| WABA Global Partners Meeting III |
Held in October 2004, San Juan, Costa Rica
ILCA Liaison: Sallie Page Goertz
Sallie Page Goertz attended this meeting on ILCA's behalf in
October of 2004. The gathering was hosted by CEFEMINA - a
Costa Rican NGO that works for women's rights, to include
breastfeeding, maternity protection, work equity, safety, and
more. Representatives from IBFAN, ILCA, LLLI, Wellstart,
Linkages, the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, and other
NGOs working with infant feeding issues in the developing
world met to discuss a variety of issues related to the Global
Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding (GSIYCF) and
Maternity Protection/Gender Issues.
Sallie participated in the HIV and Breastfeeding track, as a
follow-up in part to the WABA Global Partners Meeting II in
Arusha, Tanzania, and the partner's working group meeting in
Lusaka in February 2004.
The issue of clinical support for breastfeeding has come to
the forefront in these discussions, as well as in a variety of
documents related to IYCF, and HIV/Infant Feeding. The GSIYCF
specifically mentions certified lactation consultants as an
important resource. Therefore, promotion of the strategy is in
ILCA's best interest.
Sallie encouraged attendees to reframe the conversation about
infant feeding in the context of HIV/Aids into a discussion
about infant survival. The focus of most funding and research
at this time is directed to Prevention of Maternal to Child
Transmission (PMTCT), forgetting about the bigger picture of
child survival. Studies are not reporting on infant
morbidity/mortality other than HIV transmission, so the world
is NOT getting a complete picture of the issues. To this end,
Sallie has been invited to give commentary on materials being
developed for a BF/HIV project in Tanzania. This will be a
great opportunity to work with a person and organization, the
University Research Company, to try to reframe the
conversation about HIV and infant feeding. This will be good
for breastfeeding advocacy.
In the welcome address, Sallie had the opportunity to inform
the audience regarding the mission/vision of ILCA, its
activities related to promotion of the Code, BFHI, and the
GSIYCF. An invitation to join was also extended to the
audience. ILCA membership brochures, and ILCA statements
regarding HIV/Infant feeding, Infant Feeding, and Feeding in
Emergencies were distributed.
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