Journal of Human Lactation- Discard the Stereotype, Strengthen the Science, and Experience Success
- Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: The Role of Human Milk in Preventing Disease in the 21st Century
- Punching Above Its Weight: Does New Zealand's Responsibility for Protecting, Promoting, and Supporting Breastfeeding Extend beyond Its Own Borders?
- Thickened Milk for the Management of Feeding and Swallowing Issues in Infants: A Call for Interdisciplinary Professional Guidelines
- From Breast Milk to Brains: The Potential of Stem Cells in Human Milk
Tag Archives: BFHI
Journey to Uganda: an IBCLC’s Perspective
By Pat Young, APN, IBCLC I’ve just returned from a trip to Uganda in East Africa. While there, I visited several hospitals – rural and city, public and private. First, let me say that the poverty is mind boggling. I … Continue reading
Posted in Breastfeeding Around the Globe, IBCLCs traveling the globe
Tagged BFHI, breastfeeding, IBCLC, Pat Young, Uganda
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IBCLCs Play a Critical Role in the US Best Fed Beginnings Program
By Debi Ferrarello, MSN, MS, IBCLC The National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality (NICHQ) launched it’s CDC-supported Best Fed Beginnings program with the ambitious goal of preparing 90 US hospitals for Baby-Friendly designation by September, 2014. The 90 hospitals were selected from 235 … Continue reading
Interview with Trish MacEnroe of Baby Friendly USA
Lactation Matters recently caught up with Trish MacEnroe, Executive Director of Breastfeeding USA. While the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative is well established in many areas of the world, the number of facilities pursuing the designation has soared recently in the … Continue reading
Posted in Breastfeeding Advocacy, US news, WHO Code/BFHI
Tagged Baby Friendly USA, BFHI, hospital, Trish Macenroe
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JHL’s Newest Podcast: Challenges and Successes: The Baby Friendly Initiative in Norway
The Journal of Human Lactation’s (JHL) newest podcast is now available on their website. Based upon “Challenges and Successes: The Baby Friendly Initiative in Norway” from the latest issue of JHL, this podcast is an interview by Editor-in-Chief, Anne Merewood, … Continue reading
Posted in JHL article, JHL News, Norway, WHO Code/BFHI
Tagged BFHI, JHL, Norway, podcast
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World Breastfeeding Week: Massachusetts, USA Hospitals Go Bag Free
By Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC Massachusetts is now the second state in the US, behind Rhode Island, to have had all of its maternity hospitals eliminate the practice of distributing formula company discharge bags. Ban the Bags is a campaign … Continue reading
A BFHI Update – ‘Call to Action for Breastfeeding Support from the Surgeon General ‘
How do you see the Call to Action impacting Baby Friendly in the United States? (Maybe even internationally?) The United States now has a strong, evidence based national policy on infant and young child feeding that specifically calls for expanding … Continue reading
