¿Prefiere leer en español? Toda esta información está en español al final de esta página. Green means nothing changed. Blue and orange mean something did. Program Did it change? Who is protected What to do WICNothing changed No. No work hours. No immigration status questions. The same three rules as always: you are pregnant, postpartum, […]
WIC, Medicaid, and SNAP: what changed and what did not Read More »
The American Academy of Pediatrics has released a new policy statement naming implicit bias, interpersonal microaggressions, and structural racism as real barriers to breastfeeding, and the very first solution it names is partnership with community health workers. That is who we are. The entire Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities framework is built around community health workers and health educators, and around training clinicians to think the way community health workers think. To see that named in national pediatric policy is significant. Read the full policy statement.
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By: Love Anderson — Indigenous Milk Medicine Week — August 8 to 14, 2026 I want to start with the worst number in North Carolina, and then with the numbers we do not have. In North Carolina, 52.1% of American Indian and Alaska Native families start out breastfeeding. Sit with that. In the same state,
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A note on the numbers (September 2026): Durham County reported a 62.3 percent reduction in infant mortality over eight years. 2024 was an exceptional year and the rate will settle differently over time, but it is a moment worth celebrating, and human milk feeding is one strand of the County’s coordinated investment behind it. 2024
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A note on the numbers (September 2026): Durham County reported a 62.3 percent reduction in infant mortality over eight years. 2024 was an exceptional year and the rate will settle differently over time, but it is a moment worth celebrating, and human milk feeding is one strand of the County’s coordinated investment behind it. Durham’s
A note on the numbers (September 2026): Durham County reported a 62.3 percent reduction in infant mortality over eight years. 2024 was an exceptional year and the rate will settle differently over time, but it is a moment worth celebrating, and human milk feeding is one strand of the County’s coordinated investment behind it. In
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A note on the numbers (September 2026): Durham County reported a 62.3 percent reduction in infant mortality over eight years. 2024 was an exceptional year and the rate will settle differently over time, but it is a moment worth celebrating, and human milk feeding is one strand of the County’s coordinated investment behind it. Durham
When we first began Breastfeed Durham, we knew that our libraries were essential partners. Over the years, our work with Durham’s public libraries has shown us how families are welcomed to breastfeed, and we’ve watched a clear, consistent message of support grow stronger. Through ongoing conversations with county commissioners and library leadership, we’ve seen real change.
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On Wednesday, May 14, Breastfeed Durham spent the day at the heart of our community — the Durham Farmers’ Market — followed by a cozy and informative Starting Solids Workshop for families ready to take the next step in their feeding journey. From fresh produce to first bites, the day was full of learning, laughter,
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Every year during Black Maternal Health Week, we are called to remember the mothers and babies we’ve lost—and to take action to protect the ones we still have. We live and work in Durham, North Carolina—the so-called “City of Medicine.” But despite our proximity to world-class medical institutions, Black families here face an alarming and
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