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Regina Benjamin – The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding
Regina Benjamin, the Obama administration’s surgeon general. The surgeon general is the head of the United States’ public health service and is an authority on the nation’s health policies. The...
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Viet Nam’s National Assembly to protect breastfeeding
UNICEF partners with Viet Nam’s National Assembly to protect breastfeeding DA NANG, Viet Nam, May 2012 – In a record move to protect the breastfeeding rights of women and children, UNICEF and the...
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CHINA –‘Let breastmilk be the infant’s first taste’
USING Social Media as educational tool … BEIJING, China, May 2012 – When Xiaoyu Su, from Fujian Province, tried to convince her parents that her newborn daughter should be fed breastmilk and nothing...
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World Breastfeeding Week: Allow moms to breastfeed at work: ILO
Allow moms to breastfeed at work: ILO Judge Lynn Hughes in Houston recently decided that a mother can be fired for wanting to pump breast milk at work, claiming that lactation is in no way related to...
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BREAST CANCER, How Many Women are getting this disease?
How many women get breast cancer? The American Cancer Society’s most recent estimates for breast cancer in the United States are for 2012: About 226,870 new cases of invasive breast cancer in women...
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Philippines to end ban on formula milk aid
COMPOSTELA VALLEY, 30 April 2013 (IRIN) – Health authorities in the Philippines were vigilant in keeping out infant formula donations when Typhoon Bopha hit last December, but activists are concerned...
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Helping a New Mom Feel Confident in Her Caregiving Skills
How to Help a New Mom Feel Confident in Her Caregiving Skills Working as a nanny is a rewarding and exciting career choice, but it’s not just the children under your care that will need some...
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Breast Feeding in Public, to Be or not to Be?
Breastfeeding in public is forbidden in some jurisdictions, not addressed by law in others, and a granted legal right in public and the workplace in yet others. Where it is a legal right, some mothers...
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Global Breast Feeding Week ~ celebrating AUG 1-7
This year’s WABA World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) theme asserts the importance of increasing and sustaining the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding – in the Millennium Development Goals...
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4 Ways To Get Back In Shape After Giving Birth
Having a baby is a wonderful thing, but it can have a huge impact on your body both during and after your pregnancy and, of course, the birth itself. Many women find that they put on a lot of weight,...
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