PHM-Exch> Launching of the Global E-Map on Mother Support

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: WABA waba at waba.org.my

Global E-Map on Mother Support *


The WABA Mother Support Task Force has excellent news to share! The
construction of the electronic map on mother support groups has not only
been completed but is now up and running on the WABA website
http://www.waba.org.my/whatwedo/gims/emap.htm. After a few challenges and
some changes to the Mother Support Task Force Work Plan timeline, we are in
the position to say that the 2^nd Key Action resulting from the Summit
“State of the Art of Mother Support” has become a reality.

The Summit goals included: to expand the awareness of the need for mothers
to be supported in breastfeeding; to disseminate updated information about
support for breastfeeding mothers, and to develop a global project,
collaborative in nature, to promote, expand and address the need for support
for the breastfeeding mother. The activation of this map greatly contributes
to these goals.. The Summit, co-organized by LLLI and WABA, was held on July
17, 18 and 19, 2007 in Chicago Illinois, USA.

Mothers or others interested in knowing about mother support or needing
information about mother support will be able to look on the map and find
mother support organizations and/or mother support groups in the location of
their need. They will be able to access an area/province/state/division in a
given country and find the information. With one or two clicks the needed
information will be selected and mothers will receive the support they need
and deserve.

**One Million Campaign**
The launching of this Global E-Map on Mother Support is also timely in
supporting the /One Million Campaign: Support Women to Breastfeed/, a
project of the gBICS (Global Breastfeeding Initiative for Child Survival),
an IBFAN/WABA initiative. To date some 45,000 people from 161 countries have
reached the World Health Assembly with a, “Call to Save Newborn Lives”. If
you have not done so, we urge you sign the petition today. <
http://www.onemillioncampaign.org/>
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