On September 28, 2022, The Biden-Harris Administration hosted a White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health and released the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. It was great to see breastfeeding and human milk feeding included in the strategy, but it’s imperative that we invest in infant feeding and breastfeeding to support the […]
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Last November the Equity Research Action Coalition was excited to launch the inaugural “Black Babies Awareness Month.” We want to spotlight and celebrate Black infants, families and the people and organizations that support them. This is an opportunity to draw public attention to the challenges they face and the programs and service providers that help meet
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For many parents, including myself, a family’s primary care providers are critical to successful lactation. Especially when you have a child with health challenges, you see your primary care provider every few days in the beginning. Our primary care provider was our point of contact for everything. Having truly supportive healthcare clinics, means having support
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A few weeks ago Breastfeed Durham had the pleasure of meeting with Brianna Monk, MA, MPH, from the NC Department of Health and Human Services. Brianna took the opportunity to remind us that NC Medicaid postpartum health care coverage has increased from 60 days to 12 months for eligible beneficiaries. Please take a moment, right now,
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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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Baby Bistro will meet every Monday from 11a-12p starting October 3rd, 2022. Every second Monday of the month will be bilingual English/Spanish. The goal of this group is to serve the needs of infants and families in those first few months after birth. Lactation consultants will be available with the weighing scale to provide education
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As we embark on so much change in the Durham community, Breastfeed Durham wanted to take a moment to highlight the NC Perinatal Health Strategic Plan (PHSP). PHSP serves as a statewide guide to improve maternal and infant health and the health of all people of reproductive age. The plan’s primary focus is increasing health
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Editor’s note (September 2026): This post is kept as part of Breastfeed Durham’s historical record from 2022. Join Diapers for Black Durham for a diaper giveaway! Stop by to pick up a free box of diapers, wipes on October 8, 2022 at 10-12 PM. This event is specifically for Black Families across Durham. Please share with your
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Editor’s note (September 2026): This post is kept as part of Breastfeed Durham’s historical record from 2022. Join Breastfeed Durham and Dr. Annie Dotson, M.D., Duke Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, on October 11, 2022, at 12pm (noon) to discuss creating chest/breastfeeding friendly healthcare policies. October 11 at 12 PM Register (Note: This
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Editor’s note (September 2026): This post is kept as part of Breastfeed Durham’s historical record from 2022. In the spirit of intersectionality, Breastfeed Durham would like to share information from WomenNC. WomenNC would like to invite you to our networking event to meet our new class of scholars on Thursday, October 13th from 5:30pm-7:30pm. Grab
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