Are we READY???!!! #WBW2023

#WorldBreastfeedingWeek starts today! If everyone strives to step up for #breastfeeding, it will become much easier! Learn more here 👉 who.int/health-topics/…

It’s #WorldBreastfeedingWeek! Breastfeeding, started within the first hour of birth, gives babies the best and only nutrition they need in their first six months of life, helping to prevent illnesses and boosting their brain development.

Breastfeeding is widely recognized as the best way to nourish infants & provides many benefits for both child & mom. WHO & UNICEF recommend that babies are exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months. #WorldBreastfeedingWeek #WBW2023 Read more: uni.cf/3DGHsy7

.World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive #breastfeeding for the first six months of life, and continued breastfeeding for two years or beyond, if parents are able to do so. However, manufacturers of breastmilk substitutes are using sophisticated marketing tactics to market formula to mothers

Let’s make breastfeeding and work, work! Moms need at least 18 weeks paid maternity leave – preferably six months or more – with their job security protected by law 👉bit.ly/3JVDyoF #WorldBreastfeedingWeek

#Breastfeeding shouldn’t be painful. #WorldBreastfeedingWeek

Effective maternity protections improve children’s and women’s health and increase breastfeeding. And yet, at present, more than half a billion working women lack access to vital maternity provisions; many more find themselves unsupported when they go back to work

Happening now: #ILCA2023 Opening Plenary Session, "Challenges and Opportunities in the Global Lactation Consultant Profession". #lactation #breastfeeding #lactationadvocacy #worldhealth

And that’s a wrap on day 1 of #ILCA2023! Stay tuned for another action-packed day of learning, collaboration, and advancing world health!

#ILCA2023 is off to a great start! We are so excited to start day two of the premier lactation consultant conference. Are you onsite in Vegas? Capture your favorite moments and share them using #ILCA2023 for the chance to be featured on our page.

Today's first plenary session — Investing in Transformative Care Policy Packages: Parental Leave that Supports a Healthy and More Equal World, presented by Laura Addati, MS — was surely an attendee favorite #ILCA2023!

Our ILCA Leadership is loving the connections happening here in Las Vegas, NV for #ILCA2023! Be on the lookout for them throughout the conference and during coffee breaks for the chance to meet them in person. 🤩

Our attendees from Malaysia are proud to represent at #ILCA2023! Grab your group and take a photo in front of the ILCA banner. Be sure to use #ILCA2023 to have your photo posted to our channel!

A masters student of mine is conducting a study on wet nursing. She is keen to interview English or Arabic speakers who have wet nursed, whose child has been wet nursed, or who have facilitated wet nursing as a humanitarian or health worker. Please help if you can.

🚨New WHO Webinar: WHO guideline for complementary feeding of infants and young children 6-23 months Learn more and register now: who.int/news-room/even…

UNICEF and World Health Organization (WHO) invite you to a webinar introducing the new WHO guideline for complementary feeding of infants and young children 6-23 months of age. Registration who.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Among the highlights that caught my attention in the latest complementary feeding guideline by WHO is Recommendation 2!

The valedictorian speech at today's ceremony was nothing short of inspiring. Our graduates' words resonated with hope, setting a powerful tone for their future endeavors. #Valedictorian #FutureLeaders

In conjunction with World Breastfeeding Week 2024, the Malaysia Lactation Consultants Association aims to create a supportive environment where all mothers can start and continue breastfeeding, regardless of their circumstance. twentytwo13.my/news/acknowled…