Reflecting on the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals, CIFAL Dakar successfully concluded the first ToT workshop of the Global Breastfeeding Education Initiative, which response to the goal of increasing exclusive breastfeeding initiation and duration rates around the world, with a particular emphasis on empowering healthcare professionals in supporting mothers on their breastfeeding journey. Dr Mouhamed Diop, the Director of CIFAL Dakar, welcomed the participants and presented the programme objectives, which focused on improving breastfeeding outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa. He also introduced the four experts and trainers who led the workshop and provided expertise in infant and maternal health and nutrition.
Experts and Trainers
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Professor Lassina Cissé, Head of the Pediatric Department, Trecheville Hospital; Member of the Société Ivoirienne de Pédiatrie (SIP), Côte d’Ivoire
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Professor Eliane Kuissi Kamgaing, Head of the Neonatal Department, CHU Mère et Enfant de la Fondation Jeanne Ebori; Member of the Société Gabonaise de Pédiatrie (SOGAPED), Gabon
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Professor Fatou Ly, Head of the Pediatric Department, Pikine Hospital; President of the Scientific Committee of the Nutrition Société Sénégalaise de Pédiatrie (SOSEPED), Senegal
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Professor Anne Esther Njom Nlend, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Higher Institute of Medical Technologies of Yaoundé-Nkolondom; President of the Cameroon Medical Women Association and President of the Cameroon Society of Perinatal Medicine, Cameroon
From left to right: Dr. Mouhamed Diop, Professor Anne Esther Njom Nlend, Professor Fatou Ly, Professor Lassina Cissé, Ms. Fanny Krumholz, Professor Eliane Kuissi Kamgaing, and Ms. Yuval Cohen
“Breastfeeding is essential to the realisation of a significant number of Sustainable Development Goals. It contributes to improving nutrition, to preventing infant mortality and reducing the risk of noncommunicable diseases, and to encouraging quality development and education.” Dr. Mouhamed Diop, Director of CIFAL Dakar