Shakeya Brevard, Public Health Education Specialist

Improving Community Outcomes for Maternal and Child Health 

Breastfeeding Communities, Advocacy, News, Parent Information /

I’m excited to announce there’s a new collaboration happening… ICO4MCH is collaborating with Welcome Baby to expand access to breastfeeding support in Durham County. Welcome Baby, a program of Durham County Cooperative Extension, funded by Durham County Government and Durham’s Partnership for Children aims to strengthen families with young children by providing accurate child development […]

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Improving Community Outcomes for Maternal and Child Health 

ICO4MCH, Advocacy, Breastfeeding Communities, News /

It’s been a while since we’ve connected though Breastfeed Durham’s monthly newsletter, but guess what, we’re back! Durham County’s Improving Community Outcomes for Maternal and Child Health initiative has been working hard to develop and modify policy changes that amplify the voices of those with lived experiences, but before we get too deep, I’d like

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Welcoming New Community Health Worker

ICO4MCH, Advocacy, Breastfeeding Communities, News /

I am extremely excited to introduce Andrea Chicas, our new community health worker! Andrea was born in New York but moved to Charlotte, North Carolina at an early age where she was raised. Andrea graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she studied Public Health. As a native Spanish speaking,  first-generation college

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Improving Community Outcomes for Maternal and Child Health

ICO4MCH, News /

November kicked off Black Babies Awareness Month, a campaign led by the Equity Research Action Coalition at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill that calls to protect, promote, and preserve the health and wellbeing of Black infants and families. In 2021, women who gave birth in Durham County tended to be older and more educated

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Improving Community Outcomes

News, ICO4MCH /

Durham County Department of Public Health is excited to announce we’ve initiated partnership with Breastfeed Durham for the provision of the Improving Community Outcomes for Maternal and Child Health (ICO4MCH) initiative.   Funded by the North Carolina Division of Public Health, this initiative is intended to improve birth outcomes, reduce infant mortality, and improve the health

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