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World Breastfeeding Week 2002
Breastfeeding:
Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies
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To
organise an event on World breastfeeding Week 2002
The
following information aims to help you to identify what sort of event
you would like to organise who you would like to involve in the event,
and what message you would like to convey to the public at large.
Identify
your target audience: who do you want to reach and why? For example,
you may decide to focus your event on just one or all of the groups:
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the
general public,
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health
professionals,
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the
legal profession,
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politicians,
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members
of parliament,
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students,
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Peer
groups NGOs,
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women’s
organisations
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Others
Decide
the focus of your event. For example, it might be one or more of
the like:
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Together
to protect, promote and support breastfeeding
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Awareness
on exclusive breastfeeding
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Accurate
information on exclusive breastfeeding to mothers and community
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Information
on safe motherhood
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Need
for training to TBAs on these issues
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Breastfeeding
in emergency situations like war and natural calamities
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Establishment
of Mother-to-Mother support group
Decide
who you want to involve in your events, to attract public and media
attention For example, you may choose to invite one or more of the
following to participate by making a speech:
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High
profile health or legal professional
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Celebrity
of your area
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Positive
experience sharing from a Mother / family
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Parliament
heads / prominent figureheads from the society
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Award
winners on social issue
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Human
rights activists
Decide
what kind of events you want to organise
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A
week long programme
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Seminar,
workshop
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Lectures
on Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies
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Public
meeting with panel discussion
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Conference
on Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies
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Debates
in local women colleges
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An
exhibition
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A
press conference
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Street
play and role play
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TV
programme
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