Archive for the ‘Breastfeeding’ Category
Institute of Medicine Report
AMCHP is pleased to share that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a new report today recommending eight preventive health services for women. These services will be added to the services that health plans will cover at no cost to patients under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). [...]
July 25, 2011
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Breastfeeding in Haiti
Margie Forest, RN, IBCLC – Palms West Hospital, Wellington, FL
Hi All!
I am back from Haiti, and have one really nasty sore throat! (at least the gastrointestinal stuff is over). We all came back intact, and did some really good work there.
Thank you, everyone, for your prayers and words of support. We all felt loved and [...]
February 11, 2010
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AAP Endorses WHO Ten Steps
Elk Brook Village, IL, September 2009. The American Academy of Pediatrics has now officially endorsed the WHO/UNICEF Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. In a private letter to the heads of the World Health Organization and UNICEF dated August 25, the president of the American Academy of Pediatrics announced that the Executive Committee of the Board [...]
October 1, 2009
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