- Conferences: El Salvador, 2024
- Training of Trainers:
- El Salvador, 2024
- Ivory Coast, 2023
- Senegal, 2023
CONFERENCES
El Salvador
UNITAR in close collaboration with the Government of the Republic of El Salvador is honoured to host the Regional Conference under the title “Regional Conference on Breastfeeding Education and Training of Trainers Workshop” which will take place in San Salvador July 17-18, 2024. This conference will bring together representatives of the countries of Central America and the Republic of El Salvador with the objective of promoting the exchange of good practices, the protection and promotion of breastfeeding, and the establishment of lactation rooms.
Register for this event here: Conferencia Regional de Educación sobre Lactancia Materna y al Taller de Formación de Formadores (google.com)
Training of Trainers (ToT)
UNITAR
The overall objective of the Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop is to train healthcare professionals as confident and competent trainers with the skills to plan, conduct and evaluate breastfeeding education training. The ToT also aims to provide training and learning solutions and tools to improve breastfeeding initiation rates and duration, as well as women's breastfeeding knowledge and skills.
Through the training, parents will be in control of their own breastfeeding journey and make well-informed choices while ensuring that healthcare workers, families, communities, and employers have the resources and knowledge they need to effectively support women to breastfeed.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the science behind breastfeeding.
- Describe the impact of breastmilk and breastfeeding on the health of mothers and infants.
- Understand the main structural and individual challenges facing women regarding initiating and continuing breastfeeding.
The course will enable them to have the necessary skills to:
- Develop practical tools to support mothers breastfeeding at home, in health centres, workplaces, and society.
- Communicate the importance of breastfeeding to healthcare professionals, mothers, and caregivers/partners.
- Assess the veracity of common beliefs about breastfeeding.
- Support breastfeeding mothers at home, health centres, work, and in the community.
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) aim to give midwives and nurses the skills and knowledge to implement adult training activities on breastfeeding through the Sub-Saharan Africa –Breastfeeding Education Initiative (SSA-BFEI).
- Dakar, Senegal – March 15-16, 2023
- Abidjan, Ivory Coast – December 12, 2023
- San Salvador, El Salvador- July 17-18, 2024
Dakar, Senegal
UNITAR
Training
The project consisted of a two-day Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop titled “Improving Breastfeeding Education in Sub-Saharan Africa”. This event took place on March 15-16, 2023, in Dakar, Senegal.
Hosts
The training was hosted in collaboration with the Municipality in collaboration with the Municipality of Dakar with the goal of bringing together fifty midwives and nurses from Senegal, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gavon, and Mali to provide training and learning solutions and tools to improve breastfeeding initiation and duration rates.
Outcome
The workshop developed confident, competent trainers with the skills to plan, conduct, and evaluate training in breastfeeding.
Connection to SDGs
The ToT was primarily aligned with SDGs 2 and 3, as promoting breastfeeding education includes ending hunger, improving nutrition, and promoting health and well-being. This workshop in Sub-Saharan Africa has been the first example to respond to the goal of increasing exclusive breastfeeding outlined in the Global Breastfeeding Education Initiative.
Experts and Trainers
- Professor Lassina Cissé, Head of the Pediatric Unit of Trecheville Hospital; member of the SIP, Ivory Coast.
- Professor Elaine Kuissi, Head of the Neonatology Department of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Foundation Mère et Enfant Jeanne Ebori; Member of SOGAPED, Gabon
- Professor Faculty, Head of Pediatrics at Pikine Hospital; President of the Scientific Committee, Nutrition SOSEPED, Senegal.
- Professor Anne Esther Njom Nlend, Pediatrician and President of the Cameroonian Society of Perinatal Medicine, President of the Cameroonian Association of Women Doctors, Cameroon
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
UNITAR
Training
The project consisted of a one-day Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop titled “Promoting Breastfeeding Education in Sub-Saharan Africa”. This event took place on December 12, 2023, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Hosts
The training was hosted by UNITAR in collaboration with its International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) Dakar with the goal of bringing together 25 nurses and midwives. The main aim was to provide a variety of educational tools that will target diverse audiences at policy, organizational, and community levels on protecting, promoting, and maintaining breastfeeding.
Background
Building on the Regional Training held in Dakar, Senegal the Sub-Saharan Africa – Breastfeeding Education Initiative (SSA-BFEI), the ToT was primarily aligned with SDGs 2 and 3, as promoting breastfeeding education includes ending hunger, improving nutrition, and promoting health and well-being. The ToT sought to equip participants with the necessary skills to:
- Develop practical tools to support breastfeeding mothers at home, in health centres, in the workplace and in society.
- Communicate the importance of breastfeeding to health professionals, mothers and caregivers/partners.
- Support breastfeeding mothers at home, at the health centre, at work and in the community.
Experts and Trainers
- Professor Cisee Lassina, Head of Department of the Pediatric Unit of Trecheville Hospital, Member of the SIP, Ivory Coast.
- Dr. Denis T. Kouely, Nutrition Expert, Project/Programme Manager, Quality Manager, National Nutrition Programme, Ministry of Health, Public Hygiene and CMU.
- Dr. Marie-Hélène Aké-Assi, MCA of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Cocody, UFR SMA – UFHB
San Salvador, El Salvador
Immediately after the Regional Conference, the Training of Trainers Workshop will take place in San Salvador, 2024, bringing together nurses and midwives from entities and associations that can replicate and disseminate knowledge in their respective counties to contribute to improving skills and knowledge about breastfeeding practices.