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Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week
Around the world, people will be celebrating August 1-7 as World Breastfeeding Week. This is the 19th year that the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) has invited breastfeeding advocates from countries worldwide to promote and support breastfeeding mothers in special ways during the first week in August. The theme for this year’s week is [continue…]
My Journey into the Health Policy Arena as a Breastfeeding Advocate
From a phone call to national legislation, my journey into the health policy arena to advocate breastfeeding Section 4207 of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also know as Health Care Reform) states that “employers shall provide breastfeeding employees with reasonable break time and a private, non-bathroom place to express breast milk during [continue…]