<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">waba</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:waba@waba.org.my">waba@waba.org.my</a>></span><br><br><br><u></u>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In response to
repeated requests for in-depth training on breastfeeding and related aspects of
young child feeding to be made available regionally, WABA and the Infant Feeding
Consortium are conducting a 2-week course in <u></u><u></u>Penang<u></u>. Short practical courses are
widely used and successful, but the need for more advanced training for doctors
and other senior health professionals has not been met.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u><u></u><u></u>The course is
specially designed for doctors and other senior health professionals from the
South East Asian region who are responsible nationally or locally for:
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<li><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol"><span><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"></span></span></span>clinical
care of mothers and infants</li>
<li>teaching short courses</li>
<li><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol"><span><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"></span></span></span>pre-service
curricula for health professionals</li>
<li><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol"><span><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"></span></span></span>advocacy
and policy development</li>
<li><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol"><span><span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman';font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"></span></span></span>implementation
of programmes such as the BFHI. <br></li></ul>
<p>We will be having the fifth Breastfeeding: Advocacy and Practice (BAP) Course
in Penang,
Malaysia, from
<span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman'">11<sup>th</sup> to
23<sup>rd</sup></span> November 2013. Please click on <a href="http://www.waba.org.my/pdf/bap-2013-brochure.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.waba.org.my/pdf/bap-2013-brochure.pdf</a>
for the 2013 BAP course brochure, if you are interested in attending, please
send an application (<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dFFzeWNvUU9rc0tpMDZUWDNnY01WekE6MQ" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dGIyWTRkZDZkRGlRNWRnbVhGMUR6alE6MA</a>)
to reserve a place.<br></p><p>Pei Ching
Health and Information Officer
WABA
email: <a href="mailto:info@waba.org.my" target="_blank">info@waba.org.my</a>
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