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WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE FOR BREASTFEEDING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN BREASTFEEDING SUCCESS.
Welcome to the
WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE FOR BREASTFEEDING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN BREASTFEEDING SUCCESS.
Unique Advocacy Opportunity for Prematurity Awareness Month
/in For Employers, For Parents, For Providers /by Ann Marie LindquistBy Naomi Bromberg Bar-Yam, PhD November is Prematurity Awareness Month. World Prematurity Day is November 17. In the US and across the world, approximately 10% of babies are born too early, before 37 weeks gestation. That’s 15 million babies a year across the globe. As a general rule, babies remain in the NICU until they […]
Pump Bill Written Testimony: What to Say and How to Submit
/in For Employers, For Parents, For Providers /by Ann Marie LindquistBy Naomi Bromberg Bar-Yam, PhD It’s time to submit written testimony for the Massachusetts pump bill. In this post we explain how to do that and what to say. A bill mandating insurance coverage for high-quality multi-user breast pumps for mothers and their sick, hospitalized babies is before the Massachusetts legislature, specifically the Committee for […]
Providing testimony for the pump bill? Read this
/in For Employers, For Parents, For Providers /by Ann Marie LindquistBy Naomi Bromberg Bar-Yam, PhD As you may know, Massachusetts Senate Bill S.600 / House Bill H.967, An act improving access to breast pumps, will receive a hearing with the Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, October 17. If you want to find out all about the hearing, go to our action alert post. If you’d […]