Child health and development | News | 2007 | Report on the “Regional workshop for university staff to promote good breastfeeding practices as part of the IMCI community component” available on-line 29 August 2007

Report on the “Regional workshop for university staff to promote good breastfeeding practices as part of the IMCI community component” available on-line 29 August 2007

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The report on the “Regional workshop for university staff to promote good breastfeeding practices as part of the IMCI community component”, held in Rabat, Morocco, 8 – 9 July 2007, is now available on-line. Preliminary information on the workshop was posted on this website soon after the workshop. The report, after explaining the rationale for re-emphasizing breastfeeding in the Region, describes facilitating and hindering factors related to teaching of breastfeeding and breastfeeding practices at teaching institutions and the role of university staff in breastfeeding promotion, as reviewed by the participants during active discussions in the workshop. Conclusions and recommendations to Member States and WHO are then presented in the report. Information on training materials on counselling on infant and young child feeding developed by the Regional Office and IMCI pre-service education are also available on this website.