USAID’s Office of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition and Office of Food for Peace, in partnership with FANTA and the Alive & Thrive Project, hosted the USAID Breastfeeding Symposium in Washington, DC, on August 29, 2016. This event brought USAID staff together with experts to look at the latest evidence and programmatic approaches in the area of breastfeeding, with a close look at progress needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. 

View the USAID Breastfeeding Symposium agenda and session descriptions. Key messages from the event were shared by participants on Twitter (#BFSymposium).

Presentations

The contents of the presentations are the responsibility of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

• Breastfeeding the Preterm/Low Birth Weight (PT/LBW) Infant in Low Resource Settings: Challenges and Opportunities
  Suzanne Stalls, Every Preemie SCALE
• Technical Rapid Response Team - Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E): Our Experience from Syria
  Caroline Abla, International Medical Corps (IMC)
• Formative Research Findings and Program Opportunities for Breastfeeding and LAM Within the Context of Integrated Family Planning and Nutrition Programming in Lake Zone, Tanzania
  Justine A. Kavle, MCSP/PATH and Elizabeth Sasser, MCSP/Jhpiego
• Insights into Optimal Breastfeeding Practices in Nigeria: Findings from a Baseline Survey with additional material: Evaluating the Nigeria Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Package
  Sascha Lamstein and Peggy Koniz-Booher, SPRING
• Creating Synergies in Women and Newborn Health
  Jeannette Cachan, Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University
• Baby-Friendly Community Initiative: National Guidelines and Implementation Experience from Kenya
  Justine A. Kavle, Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)
• IYCF-E Toolkit: Structure, Content and Application as a Response to the Turkey-Syria Crisis
  Jesse Hartness, Save the Children
• Seeing is Believing: The SPRING/Digital Green Experience in Promoting Infant and Young Child Nutrition in the Sahel with additional material: Evidence from a Community Video Approach for Nutrition and Hygiene Behaviors
  Esther Braud and Leanne Dougherty, SPRING
• Miriam Labbok at UNC
  Kathy Parry, Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute