The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) is a global network of individuals
& organisations concerned with the protection, promotion & support of breastfeeding worldwide.
WABA action is based on the Innocenti Declaration, the Ten Links for Nurturing the Future and the
Global Strategy for Infant & Young Child Feeding. WABA is in consultative status with UNICEF & an NGO
in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC).
 
Breastfeeding and HIV
Protecting Babies, Empowering Mothers

WABA/UNICEF Colloquium 
on HIV AND BREASTFEEDING
20-21 September 2002 - Arusha, Tanzania


PROGRAMME

DAY 1: Friday                  20 Sept 2002

Session 1: Opening  
Welcome from the Chair:
Michael Latham, Cornell University

 

9:00 - 9:25am       Opening Speech: Connie Osbourne, on behalf of Peter Piot, 
                           UNAIDS

 

9:25 - 9:50           Keynote Address: Stephen Lewis, Special Representative to 
                          the UN Secretary General on HIV/AIDS in Africa

 

9:50 - 10:00         Summary of Meeting Objectives: Arjan de Wagt, UNICEF

                                   

 

Session 2: Setting the stage, updates

Chair: Michael Latham, Cornell University

 

Implementation Framework

10:00 - 10:20am     HIV & infant feeding and the Global Infant and Young Child
                           Feeding Strategy, priority actions - Jose Martines, WHO

 

10:20 - 10:40        The role of the breastfeeding-supportive NGOs in HIV &
                           Infant Feeding - Ted Greiner, Uppsala University, Sweden

 

10:40 - 11:10         Break  

11:10 - 11:30         Plenary discussion on Implementation Framework  

Technical Update

11:30 - 12:00pm      State-of-the-art paper on HIV and infant feeding - Ellen   
                            Piwoz, SARA 
                            Click here to download Part 1 (699KB)
                            Click here to download Part 2 (720KB)

 

12:00 - 12:15         Infant feeding and mother-to-child HIV transmission:    
                            update on on-going and planned research - Philippe 
                            Gaillard, MTCT and Mother's Health Study, East Africa

 

12:15 - 12:45         Discussion

                       


12:45 - 2.00pm       Lunch Break

 

Session 3: Experiences from the field

Chair: Jose Martines, WHO

 

2:00 - 2.10pm         Introduction - Miriam Labbok on behalf of Doreen Mulenga, 
                           
UNICEF
 

 

2:10 - 2:25             How to promote breastfeeding in areas of high HIV 
                            prevalence - the Botswana experience - Chewe Luo, 
                            UNICEF Botswana

 

2:25 - 2:40             Experiences of HIV-positive mothers with early cessation 
                            of breastfeeding - Paul Bakaki, Mulago Hospital Kampala,    
                            Uganda

 

2:40 - 2:55             HIV and Breastfeeding in South Africa - Cynthia Mgijima, 
                            Director, Nutrition Directorate, Government of South Africa

 

2:55 - 3:30pm         Discussion on above presentations  

 

3:30 - 4:00pm         Break

Session 4: Group Work (1-5)  
Group Work Tasks

DAY 2: Saturday                  21 Sept 2002

9:00am - 12:45pm            Continue with group work

 

12:45 - 2:00                          Lunch Break  

 

Session 5: Group Work Feedback

Chair: Olivia Yambi, UNICEF  

 

Group Work Feedback

2:00 - 3:00pm            Group 1

                               Group 2

                               Group 3

                               Group 4

                               Group 5

                                

3:00 - 4:00               Summary and Discussion of Work Group Reports  

 

4:00 - 4:30               Break

 

Agreed Meeting Summary

4:30 - 5:00pm            Agreed Meeting Summary (powerpoint) 

                               Edited Meeting Summary (Word document) 

                               - Olivia Yambi,UNICEF   

 

Drafting team for agreed meeting summary
Drafting team - representatives of constituencies:
Ted Greiner & Pamela Morrison - WABA
Olivia Yambi - UNICEF
Jose Martines - WHO
Ellen Piwoz - SARA
Dorothy Ngacha - CDC Nairobi
Boitshepo Giyose - Governments
Nomajoni Ntombela - LINKAGES/WABA        

Closing
5:00 - 5:30pm            

Facilitator: Olivia Yambi, UNICEF

Closing remarks: Boitshepo Giyose (CRHCS)
                     Ted Greiner (Uppsala University)
                         Susan Siew (WABA)
                         Miriam Labbok (UNICEF)

                         Wilbald Lorri (Tanzania Food and Nutrition Center)


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