Please join us October 20th from 8 – 10 am for an in-person, MCSP-sponsored symposium at the International Congress of Nutrition: “Addressing Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding: Evidence and Lessons Learnt from Baby Friendly Country Programs.” The event will be held in Room 6 / Catalinas at the 2017 International Congress of Nutrition in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
We’ll discuss the range and depth of MCSP’s nutrition programmatic experiences and lessons learned through the symposium and presentations from DR Congo, Guatemala, Kenya, Malawi and Mozambique:
Oral presentation:
- Assessment of a cascade training approach for nutrition: lessons learnt for e-learning in Guatemala
Tuesday, 10/17, 9-10 am
Posters:
- Scaling up revitalized Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative: Day of Birth to 24 Months: Malawi Case Study
Monday, 10/16, 9-10 am - Community-based distribution of Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation: A review of evidence and program Implications for anemia programming for women and girls
Monday, 10/16, 9-10 am - Maternal diet during pregnancy and lactation: current evidence and implications for programs
Monday, 10/16, 9-10 am - Baby Friendly Community Initiative (BFCI): From Guidelines to Implementation – Demonstrated Results from Western Kenya
Monday, 10/16, 9-10 am - Integration of preventative and curative aspects of nutrition into integrated community case management (iCCM) in Democratic Republic of Congo
Wednesday, 10/18, 9-10 am - Designing culturally appropriate messages and approaches for maternal, infant, and young child nutrition in Mozambique: Use and adaptation of Trials of Improved Practices
Thursday, 10/19, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
CONFERENCE MATERIALS:
- Papers:
+ Addressing barriers to maternal nutrition in low‐and middle-income countries: A review of the evidence and programme implications
+ Addressing barriers to exclusive breast-feeding in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and programmatic implications
- Briefs:
+ Addressing Barriers to Maternal Nutrition: Evidence and Program Considerations
+ Addressing Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding: Evidence and Program Considerations for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
+ Community-Based Distribution of Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation: Evidence and Program Implications
+ MCSP Nutrition Junk Food brief
- Report executive summaries:
+ Kenya Trial for Improved Practice
+ Mozambique Trial for Improved Practice
+ Barriers to Maternal Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation and Compliance in Kisumu and Migori, Kenya
