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Recent military escalation across the Middle East is putting millions of children in danger, especially in Iran and Lebanon and stretched resources in neighbouring countries (Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan) are going to come under even greater pressure. Children, as always, will bear the heaviest burden. Please donate to @UNICEF today to protect children in the Middle East and worldwide. unicef.org.uk/donate/childre…

Bliss welcomes the publication of the Welsh Maternity and Neonatal National Assurance Assessment, which provides a thorough overview of current services and sets out recommendations to deliver positive change. Read @carolinemdavey's comment: tinyurl.com/4jzezraf #Neonatal

Honoured to have contributed to this very important text - amazon.co.uk/Humanising-Bir…

It’s vital that midwives and student midwives share their views to inform the new professional strategy for nursing and midwifery in England. Please complete the survey to share your experiences, hopes and ideas and help shape the future of our profession. engage.england.nhs.uk/survey/profess…

"We are calling on all four national UK governments to review their midwifery workforce planning approach and call a halt to the recruitment freezes that are preventing women and their families from receiving the care they need and deserve" says RCM theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

Watch this space for an enhanced version of the #greenfeedingtool #breastfeeding #greenhousegas #bmscode @aliveandthrive coming soon. @ANUPopHealth @HelenClarkNZ

@JessBrownFuller @BfN_UK @AssocBfMothers @NCTcharity @first1001days @babyfriendly @AIMS_online @HIFN12 @GP_IFN @OxBreastfeeding @LCGB1994 @AshleyDalton_MP we hope you will stay on for this important debate on Tuesday to hear more from @JessBrownFuller about what the government can do to protect and support breastfeeding

Regarding the planned NHS maternity inquiry, may I respectfully draw attention to this international call for better postnatal care? Please read, any who are involved ⁦@CMidOEngland⁩ ⁦@GillWaltonRCM⁩ ⁦@RaneeThakar⁩ ⁦@AliWrightObGyn⁩ revolution.postnatalsupportnetwork.com/postpartum-cal…

Thank you to all our maternity and neonatal colleagues who are leading, participating in and delivering research, and for the enormous difference you make through your everyday practice.

This #Red4Research day is an opportunity to recognise the vital role midwives have in research. Your contribution ensures we continue to improve the quality of maternity and neonatal care, and the experiences and outcomes for women, babies, and their families.

The FIFA Club World Cup starts this week with @CocaCola as a main sponsor. The evidence that fizzy drinks do harm is overwhelming - and the players are no more likely to consume them as a source of athletic energy than they are to light up a cigarette at half-time. My piece in the @DailyMail 🧵 dailymail.co.uk/health/article… Please join the movement here: kickbigsodaout.org #KickBigSodaOutOfSport

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… nice advocacy success - we first asked for this in 2023 in our UPF report. It’s about time the NHS gave explicit recommendations on commercial baby & toddler foods. Now for meaningful enforced regulations!

World Health Assembly: In a new resolution, Member States agreed to expand the provisions of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes to tackle digital marketing of formula milk and baby foods. who.int/news/item/26-0…

The Guardian piece yesterday on UPF industry lobbying revealed the tip of a very dirty iceberg. Hats off to the @soilassociation for the investigation - please sign their petition demanding the government respond 👇 act.soilassociation.org/the-whole-trut…

And here is the full Guardian piece for context. theguardian.com/society/ng-int…

@wendyolayiwola Fantastic 👏👏👏well done Wendy xx

Receiving the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Fellowship is a deeply humbling and affirming moment in my professional journey. It is a recognition I never imagined when I first stepped into nursing, a career that began with compassion at its core. Full post link in the comment ⬇️

#Australia struggles to regulate aggressive marketing of baby milk formula as does #Indonesia. This study shows the economic & environmental costs of failing. Protecting #breastfeeding is foundational to population health & to helping mums deliver the nurture kids need to thrive

NEW PUBLICATION: Economic and environmental impacts of commercial milk formula in Indonesia: estimates and comparisons using the Cost of Not Breastfeeding, Green Feeding, and Mothers’ Milk Tools. #IntBreastfeedJ @aliveandthrive @ANUCrawford @ANUPopHealth …reastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

The quality of care in the first few days after birth in hospital is critical to #breastfeeding success but it also affects the health of the planet. New tools can show the potential gains from investing in better breastfeeding support in maternity care. #ghg #bmscode @ama_media

Gender budgeting for #breastfeeding is back! Register NOW for Monday’s event: ‘Tooling up the baby friendly hospital initiative... #bfhi Learn about tools for human & planetary health & monitoring #BMSCode compliance using the VIVID tool. Here it is! crawford.anu.edu.au/event/tooling-… @WHO