We are thrilled to report the success of Breastfeed Durham’s efforts in the Improving Communities Outcomes for Maternal and Child Health (ICO4MCH) Breastfeeding Scope of Work. The Durham ICO4MCH funding initiative aims to promote maternal and child health in communities across Durham and is managed by the Durham County Department of Public Health. We want […]
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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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Each new year gives us an opportunity to reflect on the previous year and strategically plan changes that will better us and our work moving forward. 2022 was a wild year for our initiative, we continued to navigate our work around COVID-19, we experienced changes in leadership and management all while applying for renewed funding.
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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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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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