Dear friends, First of all... HAPPY WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have many news to share with you about our website. I hope it will be useful to your work and you can enjoy them. We look forward to receive your feedback! WABA WEBSITE - http://www.waba.org.br 1. WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK You can find many new information in our website on the WBW, such as: - WHO WBW Support Letter - UNICEF WBW Support Letter (PDF file) - WBW Logo - WBW Illustrations - WBW Action folder - Suggestions to build an action plan. - Previous WBW information - Guidelines for Reproduction of WABA materials Please, remember we have a "Discussion Forum", where you can post messages with reports on your WBW activties. Let's share our experiences with our friends all over the world. If you have pictures of your activities, please, send them to me in JPG or GIF and I will be glad to put in our site in a WBW pictures gallery. 2. WABA GLOBAL FORUM 23-27 September 2002 - Arusha, Tanzania WABA announces plans to hold their WABA Global Forum II which will bring together a diverse group of individuals and organisations and provide a unique opportunity to discuss, review and formulate strategies to improve infant and young child health, nutrition and care through the protection, support and promotion of breastfeeding, with the focus on the community. Check what we have available in our website: - General Information - Provisional Programme - Visa Information - Registration Form - Forum Timetable - Photos - Press realease - Hall of Fame - WABA Global Forum 1 website - Pictures of the WABA Global Forum 1 - Info in Spanish and French 3. WABA-UNICEF Colloquium on HIV & Breastfeeding 20-21 September 2002 Mt. Meru Novotel, Arusha, Tanzania A two-day international meeting to discuss emerging ideas on appropriate infant feeding for babies born to HIV-positive mothers, as well as the impact of the HIV pandemic on support for breastfeeding. 4. GIMS for Breastfeeding GIMS - Global Initiative for Mother Support for Breastfeeding , a global initiative coordinated by the Mother Support Task Force of the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), aims to create the appropriate environment of awareness and support for a mother to initiate and sustain breastfeeding. - Background Information on GIMS for Breastfeeding - What is GIMS? - Vision for GIMS for Breastfeeding - Purpose - Facts - Goals - Statement & Endorsement - GIMS Asia-Pacific Conference 2002 - Themme and goals - Plenary/workshop papers - Report & Outcomes - Workshop recommendations 5. NEW DOCUMENT - Risks, Rights and Regulation Communicating about Risks and Infant Feeding. (Discussion paper by Penny Van Esterik Dept. of Anthropology, York University, Canada WABA Women & Work Task Force) 6. CALL FOR ENDORSEMENT - Contaminants in Breastmilk and Environment (PDF file) 7. WABA CHILDREN'S BREASTFEDING PAGE - Electronic booklets - Mammals??? What is that?! (English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Italian) - Breastfeeding is an Ecological Act! (English, Portuguese, Dutch, Italian) - Mariana Breastfeeding Doll (English and Portuguese) - Paintings by Thai Children (Do you have breastfeeding painting or drawings by kids? send to us to be included in our page!) 8. EVENTS - This is a new page with events on breastfeeding around ther world... send us a not on your Seminbar, Conference or meeting to be included in this page... 9. Take a "virtual tour" in the WABA Secretariat office, Penang, Malaysia. 10. And don't forget to take a look at our "Breastfeeding around the world" pictures gallery! We are waiting for your visit... and feel free to re-send this message to your e-groups and friends... With warm wishes, Denise Arcoverde WABA Steering Committee Member and WABA Webmaster *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html