The seventh eleven-day Breastfeeding: Advocacy and Practice (BAP) course for doctors and senior health professionals was held in Penang, Malaysia from 27th February to 11th March 2017, conducted in collaboration between World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) and Infant Feeding Consortium (IFC). The main emphasis of the course was on the management of breastfeeding, advocacy skills, breastfeeding counselling and the baby-friendly hospital initiative. Complementary feeding and HIV and infant feeding were included, and teaching throughout reflected participants’ need to learn about advocacy and training methodology.
The course was conducted by Felicity Savage, Sandra Lang, Zaharah Sulaiman and Carol Williams, facilitated by Chuah Pei Ching (BAP Course Coordinator).
28 participants from 14 countries namely Burundi, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Laos, Malawi, Nigeria and Zimbabwe were trained as resource experts for infant feeding programmes in scientific, public health and clinical aspects of the subject.
BAP 2017 Leaflet
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