Breastfeeding: Practice and Policy Course 2005
Acourse on 'Breastfeeding: Practice and Policy Course 2005. Capacity Building on Infant and Young Child Feeding' is to be held between the 13th June - 8th July 2005 at the Centre for International Child Health (CICH), Insitute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, University College London (UCL). The course will be held in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (Department of Adolescent and Child Health) and UNICEF (Nutrition Section).
The course is now also available as 2 separate two week modules.
- Part 1. Breastfeeding and Public Health: Essential Knowledge and Skills 13th - 24th June.
- Part 2. Breastfeeding and Beyond: Addressing Challenges to Optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding. 27th June - 8th July.
Courses can be taken as Certificate Courses, or to earn MSc/ Diploma credits under CICHs 'Taster Programme'. For more information contact: The Breastfeeding Course, Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford St, London WC1 1EH. Fax+44 171 404 2062 email - bfeed@ich.ucl.ac.uk. or visit www.cich.ich.ucl.ac.uk/cich under teaching programme.
Carol Williams: Course Director Breastfeeding: Practice and Policy Course Centre for International Child Health Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford St, London, WC1N 1EH Tel : 44 (0)20 7905 2122 Fax: 44 (0)20 7404 2062 email: bfeed@ich.ucl.ac.uk
Breastfeeding course web pages: www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/cich under Teaching Programme
Direct address: carol@carowill.freewire.co.uk, or cwilliams@ich.ucl.ac.uk
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Breastfeeding: Practice and Policy Course 2005. Field Exchange 24, March 2005. p14. www.ennonline.net/fex/24/breastfeeding
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