Protect breastfeeding. Simple in principle, hard in practice, essential for all.
The theme of this year's World Breastfeeding Week (1 to 7 August 2021) focuses on protecting and promoting breastfeeding. Decades of evidence, including from the last 18 months, has asserted that breast milk provides supreme immunity boosting functions when compared with breast milk substitutes
But over the course of the pandemic, many actors are actively working to seed doubt in the minds of parents around how they feed their babies and young children, intending to shift them to using breast milk substitutes.
To mark the week, Lucy Westerman, Policy and Advocacy Manager at NCD Alliance, reflects on infant formula industry interference during the pandemic in our latest blog.
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Main image: © Canva stock photos
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See, hear and read the stories of people living with NCDs
| As part of the Our Views, Our Voices initiative, the NCD Diaries showcase the stories of people living with NCDs. In our new community-based, multimedia platform, our NCD Diarists share their lived experiences and calls for action on NCDs. Each NCD Diaries series focuses on a different theme. For the first series, the theme is living with multiple chronic conditions. Check them out! |
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Survey: Share your knowledge of paediatric formulation
The Global Accelerator for Paediatric Formulations (GAP-f) Network has begun an analysis of the most needed medicines for children to inform the review of the Essential Medicines List for children. Penta, a member of the GAP-f Network, is leading on this project. Healthcare workers and pharmacists are welcome to fill in the survey to share insights on gaps that exist in the market for paediatric formulations.
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Can we create healthier supermarkets?
Food retail environments, such as supermarkets, play an important role in the consumption and purchase of food. That's why it's important for retail companies and food outlets to provide foods that are healthy, affordable and sustainable, particularly for children and young people. If you have any insight or ideas on how we can better shape these retail environments, take part in a dialogue with UNICEF and EAT on Friday 6 August 2021.
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Job - NCD Alliance
Finance Officer (part-time)
Partnerships & Membership Officer
Request for proposals - (Practical guide on strategic NCD advocacy and campaign planning)
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Global Week for Action on NCDs - no action too small!
With one month to go until the Global Week for Action on NCDs, have you decided how you will take action? Visit our website to discover many ways that you can create meaningful momentum on NCDs, from small five-minute actions to going the extra mile. Stay tuned to #ActOnNCDs on social media as we share more resources and opportunities to get involved.
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New UHC advocacy toolkit for civil society organisations!
The Civil Society Engagement Mechanism for UHC2030 (CSEM) has just shared its new, interactive Health for All Advocacy Toolkit (beta version), for civil society advocates interested in kick-starting advocacy for universal health coverage (UHC). It includes key information and tools to make the case for UHC and hold policymakers to account on their commitments! Check it out!
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Report exposes the growing influence of the alcohol industry
Read a report by NCDA, the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance, the Healthy Latin America Coalition and the Healthy Caribbean Coalition highlighting the influences of the alcohol industry on policies that affect public health and social welfare in Latin America and the Caribbean. Available in English and Spanish, this report shows evidence of tactics used that resemble many other unhealthy commodity industries.
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Job - USA
Senior Technical Advisor for UHC Advocacy and Coordinator - UHC2030 Civil Society Engagement Mechanism
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