In honor of Black Breastfeeding Week, we have compiled a list of Clinical Lactation articles that pertain to breastfeeding disparities. We hope that these will prove to be a useful resource to educate. Breastfeeding and Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality:...
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Celebrate National Breastfeeding Month!
What does National Breastfeeding Month look like for you? Celebrating breastfeeding/chestfeeding parents? Advocating for family-friendly feeding policies? Normalizing breastfeeding/chestfeeding? Educating about the power of human milk? Tell us what you are doing for...
Joint Statement on the Opposition of the United States to the 2018 World Health Assembly resolution on breastfeeding
Every two years the World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization (WHO) entertains discussion regarding the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (“the Code”) to reaffirm support for the document, strengthen its tenets, and fill gaps...
U.S. Opposition to WHO Resolution
****This is an ongoing situation and the post below will be updated as needed. Please comment or email us with additional resources to be added**** Many of you have read the New York Times article regarding the United States' opposition to the breastfeeding...
USLCA Calls for Family Reunification
In solidarity with thousands of individuals and many organizations across the United States of America and the world, the U.S. Lactation Consultant Association calls on lawmakers to end immediately the forced separation of children from their parents at the U.S....
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Nominate yourself or a colleague by April 30, 2018 Now is the time to nominate yourself or a colleague to be recognized for outstanding contributions in our field. IBCLCs are doing great work every day and USLCA values the opportunity to highlight this devotion. Click...
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