Breastfeeding Symposium Themed “Step Up for Breastfeeding”

The Department of Midwifery of the Ankara Medipol University Faculty of Health Sciences held a symposium for Breastfeeding Week (October 1–7) under the theme “STEP UP FOR BREASTFEEDING”.

Our university’s Vice Rector and Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Prof. Dr. Nevin ŞANLIER, honored the symposium with her opening remarks. In their opening speeches, Prof. Dr. ŞANLIER and Head of the Department of Midwifery Assoc. Prof. Ayşe ÇAL emphasized the importance of breastfeeding for the health of mothers, children and society. The symposium hosted as speakers Prof. Dr. Fatma Deniz SAYINER, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Eskişehir Osmangazi University; Assoc. Prof. İlknur Münevver GÖNENÇ, faculty member at the Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing, Ankara University; independent midwife Özlem KUZU; and a mother who had received breastfeeding counseling, together with her baby. The expert guests and speakers addressed “the right steps in sustaining breastfeeding”, “breastfeeding education in the antenatal period”, “breastfeeding counseling” and “life experiences”. The symposium attracted great interest from its primary target audience, students of the Faculty of Health Sciences, and was successfully completed with more than 200 participants.