This essay on the WHO Code is the first installment in a series on breastfeeding advocacy. Breastfeeding support takes many forms: clinical, community, peer to peer, education, and advocacy. Here, ... More
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Breast Cancer and Breastfeeding: Raising Awareness
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer and breastfeeding are integrally related in many ways, including personal support of those facing pregnancy, breastfeeding, and breast cancer; ... More
Protect Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility
For three decades the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) has united the world in protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding. Among its many efforts is World Breastfeeding Week, ... More
A History of Breastfeeding Support and Advocacy in Zeros and Fives
For most of the world’s history, breastfeeding was the way babies ate. It did not require a social movement or national and international organizations to support, promote, and protect it. Maybe some ... More
COVID-19 and Breastfeeding: Lessons from the Past Brought Forward
Final of four in a series Anniversaries (of birth, marriage, death, countries’ independence, war, peace) are an opportunity to celebrate, mourn, reflect back, project forward. The US and the world ... More
Pregnant Women Get Sick and Sick Women Get Pregnant: Lessons from COVID About Drug Trials
Third of four in a series Anniversaries (of birth, marriage, death, countries’ independence, war, peace) are an opportunity to celebrate, mourn, reflect back, project forward. The US and the world ... More
