According to UNICEF, the UK has some of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world. Help Me Feed is a non-profit with a mission to increase breastfeeding rates and improve maternal and child health. The Help Me Feed app empowers women to build confidence in their breastfeeding choices through the largest digital breastfeeding library in the world. In this event, Kathy Phelan, Founder of the Help Me Feed Foundation, will demonstrate how the app can be used by healthcare professionals to support breastfeeding. She will explain how the app is used in a range of different settings around the globe before an open discussion about breastfeeding-related challenges faced in the UK.

Suitable for: Midwives, student midwives and community groups

The Meet the World Online Series aims to facilitate discussion about eHealth solutions across continents. These taster sessions are opportunities to meet organisations and businesses around the globe to explore how technology can improve health and wellbeing. The event series is suitable for: health and care professionals, SMEs, local council, academics, commissioners, patient representative groups and more.

Delivered by EPIC, The Meet the World series of events are fully-funded webinars. Funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), EPIC is a £4 million project led by the University of Plymouth’s Centre for Health Technology. EPIC provides sector-specific support for local businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to develop new eHealth products and services that will not only create new jobs and support the local economy, but create truly useful innovations to improve quality of life and boost wellbeing for many.

By registering for this fully-funded webinar event you are agreeing to your registration data being stored with EPIC, the University of Plymouth and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

Please tick when registering if you are happy for your data to be shared with: Kathy Phelan from Help Me Feed.