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Massachusetts Department of Public Health to Announce Hospital Breastfeeding Awards

On October 5, the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition will be presenting its annual conference, Breastfeeding in the Baystate 2009, at the Massachusetts Medical Society in Waltham. As part of this event, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health will be presenting the second annual Breastfeeding Achievement Awards to hospitals that are pursuing Baby-Friendly status through WHO’s Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative. To alert the Department of your institution’s progress toward Baby-Friendly status, please contact Rachel Colchamiro, State Breastfeeding Coordinator, at rachel.colchamiro@state.ma.us or 617-624-6153 by September 8, 2009. For more information about the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, please visit their website. Information regarding the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition’s conference is available here.