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Attending the plenary session “The last healthcare professionals standing: an exploration of the role of midwifes in humanitarian and fragile settings at #ICM2023 A standing ovation honouring presenting midwife Tselyk Vira from Ukraine. #IYCFE
Also presenting, UNFPA’s Under-Secretary General and Executive Direcror @Atayeshe on how midwives stay and continue care when other hcps leave in times of disaster. She has five calls to action:
- improve preparedness and involve midwives in all phases of preparedness and response
- demand better and appropriate compensation and fully empower midwives to make decisions to save lives in the spot
- address supply chain problems, set up better referral networks
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Can anyone explain to me why the recent @WhiteHouse summit on child hunger had no mention of #breastfeeding? The literal food designed for human children? That we make with our bodies while we eat Cheetos and watch Drag Race?

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In @POTUS speech he talks about investing in “startups” and “innovation,” but like…we already invented it? 50% of us carry the technology around in our boobs all day long. It’s a sustainable, cost-effective solution staring us in the face.

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I’m a social scientist so I get that the causes of child hunger are complex, and we need multiple solutions. But why are we ignoring this super obvious one?

…reastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Good early nutrition can buffer children against stressors in later childhood. But also…

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