Webinar on Breastfeeding Interventions

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We are pleased to invite you to an upcoming webinar in which we will introduce the Public Health Ethics (PHE) Framework for Breastfeeding Interventions, developed by experts at the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland. The PHE Framework synthesizes rules, standards and guidelines from major international and national public health ethics documents, streamlining them into 9 guiding principles and recommendations. These are directly relevant to breastfeeding and lactation interventions. 

The main purposes of the PHE framework are:

• Help policymakers evaluate public health breastfeeding interventions that meet the needs of diverse, vulnerable populations 
• Guide those implementing breastfeeding interventions in everyday settings at the national, regional or hospital level 
• Offer guidance in evaluating the ethical considerations linked to promoting breastfeeding and counselling breastfeeding women 

In this webinar our speakers will discuss the newly published Public Health Ethics (PHE) Framework, featuring perspectives and case studies from international experts on applying the framework in practice. Our speakers will help us: 

• Understand the framework: Gain a clear understanding of the PHE Framework and its 9 guiding principles for breastfeeding interventions. 
• Apply ethical guidelines: Learn to implement ethical guidelines in national, regional, and hospital settings to enhance breastfeeding practices. 
• Evaluate ethical considerations: Analyse real-world case studies to evaluate ethical considerations in promoting and supporting breastfeeding among diverse populations. 

A certificate of attendance is issued for those that meet criteria, for more information visit: Certificates of Attendance. 

Date: Wednesday, 18 September 2024

Time: 3pm-4:30pm in Zurich / 1pm-2:30pm in Accra /4pm - 5:30pm in Kampala and Nairobi 

Speakers:

• Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Nikola Biller-Andorno, Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine , University of Zurich , Switzerland, a WHO Collaborating Centre for Bioethics

• Dr. Paulina Tindana, Associate Professor of Bioethics and Global Health at the Department of Health Policy, Planning and Management, School of Public Health, University of Ghana

• Dr. Faith Nawagi, Nurse and Midwife, African Representative for the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) and its foundation, the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) , Uganda

• Faith Njeru, Pediatric Nurse and Nurse-in-Charge of the Human Milk Bank, Pumwani Maternity Hospital , Kenya

Welcome

• Dr. Alice Lakati, Director of Research and Community Extension, Amref International University , Kenya

Host:  Tania Manríquez, Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Zurich  

Organiser institutions: Forum for Global Health Ethics (IBME), The Global Health Network, Lactahub 

Webinar's concept: Kay Kutschkau 

PHE Framework creators: Nikola Biller-Andorno, Julian W. März, Supriya Subramani, and Rasita Vinay.

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