¿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, […]
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By Nicola Bronson, MPH CandidateUNC Gillings School of Global Public HealthField Placement with Breastfeed Durham, Summer 2026 My name is Nikki, and I have spent the last ten weeks working as Breastfeed Durham’sBusiness Outreach Coordinator. In practice, this meant walking through Durham neighborhoodsand knocking on the door of every church, restaurant, retail store, coffee shop, doctor’s
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Some people join a coalition. Becca Brandt French joined ours and quietly made it better in about four different directions at once. This summer, Becca welcomed a brand-new baby. And with support from Breastfeed Durham, Becca completed the Certified Breastfeeding Specialist program through Lactation Education Resources. We are so proud of her we could burst.
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Observed annually from August 15 to 21, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Breastfeeding Week draws attention to the diverse lactation experiences, cultural contexts, and systemic barriers affecting families across AANHPI communities (Asian Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Task Force of LA County / USBC AANHPI Caucus, 2020–2026). This year’s theme, “Better Data, Better Care
And a New Friend of Breastfeeding Families We Rock the Spectrum Kid’s Gym has opened on Hillsborough Road, and owner Ritz Murphy is already thinking about nursing and pumping parents. Durham has a new place for kids to play — and it was built with the understanding that not every child plays the same way.
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Week — August 15–21, 2026Theme: Better Data, Better Care for AANHPI Families The acronym says Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander. Geographically, that is an enormous part of the planet. Iran is in Asia. India is in Asia. Pakistan is in Asia. So are Samoa and
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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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Inside Durham’s Benefits Access Ecosystem: What We Learned at the Care Coordination Roundtable When a family in Durham struggles to put food on the table, keep the lights on, or get a prescription filled, the health effects show up long before anyone reaches a doctor. That’s the heart of what our community partners call the social
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Every now and then something happens in our community that reminds us exactly why this work matters — and how good people respond when it does. This week, a Durham mother sat down to feed her baby at a local ice cream shop and was asked to cover up. For a nursing parent, that moment
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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