The second of four posts celebrating World Breastfeeding Week and National Breastfeeding Month 2019. Read the introduction to the series here. Empowering parents and enabling breastfeeding takes on ... More
World Breastfeeding Week
Partnering to Empower Parents and Enable Breastfeeding
The first of four posts celebrating World Breastfeeding Week and National Breastfeeding Month 2019. Read the introduction to the series here. World Breastfeeding Week 2019 is focused on "Empower ... More
Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week 2019
The theme for World Breastfeeding Week 2019 is "Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding." The logo says it all. Parents are at the center of their infants' lives, offering love and protection. But they ... More
Why Breastfeeding Matters for Mothers and Children (and Families) Everywhere: A Public Health Imperative
By Naomi Bar-Yam, PhD, and Christopher Duggan, MD, MPH Ranging from scuttling of environmental air and water protections, seeking rescindment of the Affordable Care Act or casting aspersions on the ... More
Whirlwind of a World Breastfeeding Week
By Sybil Sanchez For World Breastfeeding Week, Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast not only opened three depots in three states, we also had a week marked by a whirlwind of visits and celebrations. ... More
Nichole’s Story – Challenges and empowerment
National Breastfeeding Month Breastfeeding, work, and milk donation: Making it work … and then some By Naomi Bar-Yam, Ph.D., Executive Director, MMBNE In 2014, HMBANA certified milk banks ... More
