Mother Support Task Force (MSTF) World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action Volume 6 Number 3, Published 3 times a year in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese September – December 2008 http://www.waba.org.my/whatwedo/gims/ Fathers with their breastfed babies english.htm – Club de Madres, HCR, Paraguay To subscribe please email:
[email protected] Coordinator WABA MSTF: Paulina Smith (Mexico) Co-coordinators: Rebecca Magalhães (USA), Dr. Prashant Gangal (India) Editors: Pushpa Panadam, Maria (Pili) Peña (Paraguay), Rebecca Magalhães (USA) Translators: Spanish-Maria (Pili) Peña, Pushpa Panadam, Monica Casis (Argentina); French – Juanita Jauer Steichen, Herrade Hemmerdinger, France Portuguese – Analy Uriarte, Pajuçara Marroquim, Brasil “Remember! We (the WABA Network) are a FORCE for happiness. We come together for the children of the world.” – Public Health Association of Québec, WABA Global Breastfeeding Partners Meeting VII, October, 2008, Penang, Malaysia IN THIS ISSUE FATHER SUPPORT . Men’s Working Group Takes off with a New WABA Cycle: MOTHER SUPPORT TASK FORCE COMMENTS AND James Achanyi-Fontem, Cameroon INFORMATION 2. Press Statement-Men urged to encourage breastfeeding: . WABA Workshop and Global Breastfeeding Partners L’Effort Camerounais, Cameroon Meeting held in Penang, Malaysia, October 6-0, 2008: Paulina Smith, Coordinator, WABA MSTF NEWS FROM THE BREASTFEEDING WORLD 2. Friendships Made Through Mother Support Groups: 3. A Supporting Father: Marian Tompson, USA Paulina Smith, Coordinator, WABA MSTF 4. Putting a name with a face: Meet Monica Nadina Casis, Reviewer of the Spanish version of the newsletter: Maria MOTHER SUPPORT FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES (Pili) Peña, Paraguay and Monica Casis, Argentina 3. World Breastfeeding Week Report: Alor Gajah District, 5.