In this webinar sponsored by the Global Breastfeeding Collective, WHO and UNICEF, key global leaders will discuss why investment in skilled breastfeeding support is essential to achieving equitable health outcomes. The audience will hear from funders, implementing organizations and national government level leaders.

The webinar will be conducted in English with simultaneous interpretation in French, Spanish, Arabic, and Russian. 

      Date: 5 August 2020

      Time: 13:00 – 14:30 UTC (9:00 New York, 15:00 Geneva, 16:00 Nairobi, 18:00 Islamabad, 20:00 Tokyo)
                (Click here to see the time in your location)

Speakers include:

Moderators

Dr Victor Aguayo, Associate Director, Programme Division, Chief, Nutrition Programme, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

Dr Francesco Branca, Director, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health Organization (WHO)

Speakers

Dr France Begin, Senior Advisor, Early Childhood Nutrition, UNICEF

Ms Mudiwah Kadeshe, President, International Lactation Consultant Association

Mrs Juliana Abdul Razak, Breastfeeding mother, Malaysia

Her Excellency Mrs Samina Alvi, First Lady of Pakistan

Dr Laurence Grummer-Strawn, Unit Head, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health Organization

Dr Amy E. Pollack, Director, Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Ms Helga Fogstad, Executive Director, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Dr Steve Wall, Senior Director, Newborn Health, Save the Children

Dr Alma Golden, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development

Her Excellency Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, First Lady of Ghana 

Free, pre-registration is required: https://bit.ly/SBSequity