The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Health Care Reform) provides new rights for nursing mothers on the job. Check out our page on the new legal provisions.
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The Surgeon General and the CDC recognize significant disparities in breastfeeding rates with lower income populations and African-American women breastfeeding at lower rates. Increasing breastfeeding rates in the US will save money and lives. Learn how.
Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition has helped start a national initiative to eliminate hospital distribution of formula marketing materials, Ban the Bags.
UK Study on Infant Temperament May Simply Reflect Poor Breastfeeding Support
January 12, 2012 — A study out of Cambridge UK by de Lauzon-Guilain et al found that exclusively breastfed infants in the county of Cambridgeshire were rated by their mothers to laugh less, cry more, and be more irritable than their formula-fed or mixed-fed counterparts. These results have puzzled and surprised many who do research in breastfeeding. These surprising [...]
UMass Memorial cuts lactation staff
November 11, 2011 — Worcster, MA– UMass Memorial Medical is elminating all of its nurse-IBCLCs, effective Dec 1, in favor of fewer IBCLCs and more lesser-trained personnel. For more details, click above to read the letter the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition sent to UMass.
CDC Announces New Effort to Boost Number of Baby-Friendly Hospitals
October 13, 2011 — Atlanta– The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded nearly $6 million over three years to the National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality to help hospitals nationwide make quality improvements to maternity care to better support mothers and babies to be able to breastfeed. The goal of the project is to accelerate the number of U.S. Baby-Friendly hospitals. Read more in the news release.
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