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Guideline: Counselling of Women to Improve Breastfeeding Practices. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018.

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ANNEX 5WHO Guideline Development Group

(Note: the areas of expertise of each guideline group member are given in italics)

  • Dr Ebunoula A Adejuyigbe
    Paediatrician
    Obafemi Awolowo University
    Nigeria
    Neonatology, breastfeeding and paediatric HIV
  • Professor Abdou-Rahmane Diparidé Agbèrè
    Chef Service Pédiatrie
    Centre Hospitalier Régional Lomé-Commune
    Togo
    Maternal and child health programmes, policy, norms and protocols
  • Dr Rifat Nisar Ashraf
    Independent consultant
    Pakistan
    Breastfeeding training, lactation management
  • Dr Teresita González de Cosio
    Director of the Health Department
    Universidad Iberoamericana
    Mexico
    Breastfeeding programme design and evaluation
  • Dr Elsa RJ Giugliani
    Full Professor at the Department of Paediatrics
    Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
    Brazil
    Maternal and child health policies and implementation
  • Dr Marianne Nishani Lucas
    Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Paediatrics
    University of Colombo
    Sri Lanka
    Neonatology, lactation management
  • Ms Marie McGrath
    Co-Director
    Emergency Nutrition Network
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Infant feeding in emergencies, management of at-risk mothers and infants
  • Dr Purnima Menon
    Senior Research Fellow and Theme Leader
    International Food Policy Research Institute
    India
    Research, research-to-policy linkages, nutrition monitoring
  • Professor Rafael Pérez-Escamilla
    Director, Global Health Concentration
    Yale School of Public Health
    United States of America
    Breastfeeding peer counselling, national breastfeeding programmes
  • Dr Vanessa Aline Rouzier
    Chief of Paediatrics
    Les Centres GHESKIA
    Haiti
    Paediatric infectious diseases, mother-to-child transmission of HIV
  • Ms Randa Jarudi Saadeh
    Independent consultant
    Lebanon
    Infant and child health and nutrition
  • Professor Mohamadou Guélaye Sall
    Professor emeritus
    Academy of National Sciences
    Senegal
    Child nutrition and health
  • Dr Felicity M Savage
    Chairperson
    World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Breastfeeding counselling, breastfeeding practice and policy
  • Dr Maria Asuncion A Silvestre*
    Chief Executive Officer
    Kalusugan ng Mag-Ina, Inc. (Health of Mother and Child)
    Philippines
    Neonatology, essential newborn care, clinical practice guidelines
  • Dr Olena Starets
    Vice-Rector and Head of the Paediatrics Department
    Odessa National Medical University
    Ukraine
    Infant feeding, care and support of children with HIV
  • Professor Mark Tomlinson
    Professor, Department of Psychology
    Stellenbosch University
    South Africa
    Infant and child development, community-based programmes
  • Ms Terrie Wefwafwa
    Chief Executive Officer
    Karibuni-Kenya
    Kenya
    Nutrition policies and legislation
  • Ms Ruikan Yang
    Programme Coordinator, Ending Violence Against Women
    United Nations Women China Office
    China
    Newborn health, mother-to-child transmission of HIV

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