Nutritionist promoting rights of women & children | Co-Founder & Chair @mantismentor. ED @UptakeCenter & @Normative_AI. Visiting Fellow @UniCanberra
Hanoi, Vietnam
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Infant formula company agrees to pay $1M for providing noncompliant products.
“Abbott knowingly manufactured infant formula purchased with taxpayer dollars in an environment that put the products at unacceptable risk of microorganism contamination”
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Digital technology for breastfeeding?
Too many innovations have undermined breastfeeding and the provision and use of human milk. It’s time to use tech to protect, promote and support breastfeeding.
Where do you see opportunities and risks?
#WBW2026 #DigitalTransformation
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Protecting breastfeeding also means protecting small vulnerable newborns. This paper shows two pathways for human milk bank services that ensure both medical and religious safety in Islamic contexts. 📄 link.springer.com/article/10… #WBW2026 #Breastfeeding #MilkKinship #IntBreastfeedJ
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Mothers should not have to protect breastfeeding alone.
Protecting motherhood and childhood, and enabling breastfeeding, is first and foremost a government obligation. To mark #WBW2026, we illuminate Code resources and opportunities to contribute.
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From the cost of not breastfeeding to the value and investment needed to enable it.
For #WorldBreastfeedingWeek, we’re sharing open access resources on the economics and financing of breastfeeding.
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#WBW2026 #StrengthenWhatWorks
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NEW PUBLICATION: Gender-just reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in maternity care services through the 'baby- friendly hospital initiative. a scoping review. #BFHI #GHG #Sustainability #IntBreastfeedJ #CarbonFootprint #Breastfeeding #HealthSystems
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NEW PUBLICATION: Gender-just reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in maternity care services through the ‘baby-friendly hospital initiative’: a scoping review. @SpringerNature #IntBreastfeedJ
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This 2026 status report presents a global assessment of the extent to which countries have implemented the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and subsequent World Health Assembly resolutions through national legal measures. iris.who.int/items/7fd05813-…
Mother’s Day was not meant to be reduced to gifts, offers, and commercial gestures. Let us celebrate mothers, but commercialize these days less, and ask which rights are still denied and why accountability is missing.
#MothersDay #BeyondGDP
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Corporate capture has a new address: the United Nations, Canada.
An open letter was sent to the leadership of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health. The demand is simple: end your partnership with Nestlé immediately. linkedin.com/posts/rogermath…
Vietnam will fine individuals up to $760 and institutions up to $1,520 for promoting breastmilk substitutes under Decree 90/2026/ND-CP. The Decree also restrict formula marketing to pregnant women and new mothers in and around healthcare settings.
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The most valuable support I received did not come from manuals or frameworks alone. It came from a network of colleagues and partners who had already been through similar processes. Great to see this kind of support now being intentional, accessible, and collective @MantisMentor
Consulting delivers advice.
Mentorship builds capability.
At Mantis Mentor, we combine consulting, technical assistance, and strategic mentorship to enable teams and institutions to turn knowledge into informed decisions and sustainable change.
#Mentorship #SDGs @UptakeCenter
Responsible innovation begins with real human needs and strong public systems. Through this partnership, we aim to translate trusted guidance into practical solutions that uphold rights, support mothers and families, and help young children thrive.
Momby and Mantis Mentor announce a new strategic partnership to advance responsible digital solutions for mothers and children and strengthen early childhood systems. linkedin.com/posts/mantis-me…
Strategic mentorship for social change isn’t a slogan for me. It’s lived experience.
From UN policy work to co-founding @MantisMentor, progress came from people who’d been there before—sharing perspective, tools, and questions.
#mentorship #SDGs
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A useful reminder to put people, not platforms, at the centre of digital transformation.
Digital transformation is often reduced to connectivity and tools. Frameworks like @EU_Commission’s DigComp 3.0 and Mantis Mentor’s NormativeAI initiative remind us that building inclusive digital futures requires investing in people, not just platforms. linkedin.com/posts/normative…
UNU INSIGHTS: “a future in which AI serves to unite rather than divide, and to empower rather than marginalize. This is far more than fixing biased algorithms; it’s about reshaping human values and knowledge in a future where AI is a force for good” untoday.org/built-in-bias-wh…
2025 was about embracing change while staying true to core values.
A professional turning point.
Leaving familiar structures.
Building something new.
Grateful for the trust and collaboration with @MantisMentor and @UptakeCenter
This year we built Mantis Mentor.
We launched @UptakeCenter
We co-created opportunities.
We signed our first international contract.
Grateful to the people who made this possible.
More to come in 2026!
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Celebrating award-winning research!
Congrats to @JuliePSmith1 at @UniCanberra and co-authors Tuan Nguyen, @PhilBakerNZ, and @MathisenRoger on the Best Paper Award at the International Open Innovation Conference 2025.
Read the paper: oic.vinuni.edu.vn/proceeding…
#GreenFeedingTool
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The new Cochrane Review on skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth highlights the impact of this simple act on initial and community breastfeeding.
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