by Cheryl Rothwell | Jun 11, 2019 | Member News
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by Danielle | May 6, 2019 | Member News
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by Cheryl Rothwell | Mar 12, 2019 | Member News, Recent News, Uncategorized
Nominate yourself or a colleague by April 15, 2019! 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....
by USLCA | Feb 19, 2019 | Recent News, Uncategorized
To those who have taken the time to email, call, or post regarding yesterday’s announcement of our new Guiding Principles, thank you. The breadth of responses and engagement is exciting and we are grateful for the dialogue. We are also saddened by some of the...
by USLCA | Feb 18, 2019 | Member News, Press Release, Recent News, Uncategorized
Monday, Feb. 18, 2019 – The United States Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA) has adopted new organizational guiding principles. The development of this new foundational profile, that includes USLCA’s Mission, Vision and Values, follows a year of organizational...
by Danielle | Jan 17, 2019 | Call for Public Comment, Member News, Recent News, Uncategorized
The USLCA submitted the following comment regarding the updated HP2030 objectives: The decision to eliminate all but one of the breastfeeding objectives from HP2020 is a surprising departure and raises concern for public health. Lactating parents and their infants...
by Cheryl Rothwell | Aug 23, 2018 | Member News, Recent News, Uncategorized
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:...
by Danielle | Aug 1, 2018 | Member News, Recent News, Uncategorized
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...
by Danielle | Jul 10, 2018 | Press Release, Recent News, Uncategorized
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...
by Danielle | Jul 8, 2018 | Recent News, Uncategorized
****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...
