Francesca

Midwife working in education and Baby Friendly UK, enjoy helping to drive positive policies supporting women and families.

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

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.

https://t.co/6LuATmcIg3

[Bliss Baby Charity @Blisscharity]

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: https://t.co/0oVUSowDyy

#Neonatal

[💕Sheena Byrom she/her 💕 @sheena_byrom]

Honoured to have contributed to this very important text -

https://t.co/6PTzhXMCTK

[Kate Brintworth @CMidOEngland]

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.
https://t.co/ZyiHfCLXkK

[Royal College of Midwives 💙 @MidwivesRCM]

"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

https://t.co/uvIEXDUqEP

[Julie P Smith @JuliePSmith1]

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

[Better Breastfeeding @BetterBfing]

@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

[Elizabeth Duff @elizabethduff2]

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 https://t.co/FiaKALyncq

[Kate Brintworth @CMidOEngland]

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.

[Kate Brintworth @CMidOEngland]

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.

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

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 🧵
https://t.co/3fyY2QAs0z

Please join the movement here:
https://t.co/GO5dNrHDIV

#KickBigSodaOutOfSport

[First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition]

https://t.co/LcStW7pIfS 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!

[Roger Mathisen @MathisenRoger]

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. https://t.co/VOLh794FgF

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

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 👇
https://t.co/Xj9BIkZMK8

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

And here is the full Guardian piece for context.

https://t.co/MyyOf5LHWd

[Francesca @Francesca343]

@wendyolayiwola Fantastic 👏👏👏well done Wendy xx

[Julie P Smith @JuliePSmith1]

#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

[Roger Mathisen @MathisenRoger]

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 https://t.co/uyXu5lWAyw

[Julie P Smith @JuliePSmith1]

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

[Julie P Smith @JuliePSmith1]

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! https://t.co/yAQ6G4L2un @WHO