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World Breastfeeding Week2012
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2012 World Breastfeeding Week Theme
•Established annually by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA)
•Celebrating 20 Years World Breastfeeding Week
•WABA’s 2012 Theme:
•“Understanding the Past‐Planning the Future, Celebrating 10 Years of the WHO/UNICEF’s Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding”
•Celebrates past initiatives•Reviews current status•Plans for the future
ILCA’s WBW 2012 Slogan
“The Road to Lifelong Health Begins with Breastfeeding”
•Builds on WABA 2012 theme
•Provides opportunities to celebrate hard work and the journey it took to achieve the goal
See How Your Colleagues Around the World
Celebrated!
Tanunda Hospital in Tanunda, South Australia
World Breastfeeding Week Celebration with information
booths.
Submitted by Rosie Reynolds
Tanunda Hospital
World Breastfeeding Week Celebration with information
booths.
Digital Billboards by Live Well Omaha Kids Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Submitted by Diane Roberts
Stationary Billboards by Live Well Omaha Kids
Television Interview Clip Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Video Clip can be found at: http://youtu.be/FxLiOwfk1qEFor more information visit Lactation Matters at http://lactationmatters.org/2012/08/23/just‐when‐you‐didnt‐plan‐anything‐for‐world‐breastfeeding‐week/
Kentucky Education Television Clip, USA
Video Clip can be found at: http://youtu.be/g04uGeBaQDk
KET took up the call for this year’s World Breastfeeding Month by airing a 28‐minute segment on all things breastfeeding: benefits, barriers, laws, workplace considerations, hospital initiatives, cultural challenges, and more.
Submitted by Doraine Bailey
City Bus Ads Springfield WIC in Springfield, Missouri, USA
Submitted by Julie Randolph
Aviano Air Base, Italy
Active Duty Breastfeeding Mothers
Submitted by Robyn Roche‐Paull
Aviano Air Base, Italy
Command Coin for mothers who breastfeeding for ≥ 6
months
The WBW Command Coin has the Aviano Air Base insignia on one side and a lovely image of a civilian mother and a military mother back‐to‐back breastfeeding their babies with the words "Protect, Promote, Support Breastfeeding" encircling them. Of the 65 mothers honored with the coin, 13 were active duty.
Celebration at Memorial Hospital West, Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA
Submitted by Pamela Hendrix
Memorial Hospital WestPembroke Pines, Florida, USA
Follow the Yellow Brick Road to
Lifelong Health!
Memorial Hospital WestPembroke Pines, Florida, USA
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
Submitted by Lynn McNair
North Georgia Health DistrictChatsworth , Georgia, USA
Submitted by Carol Hendrix
North Georgia Health DistrictDalton, Georgia, USA
http://nghd.org/Media‐Releases/local‐2012‐world‐breastfeeding‐week‐celebration‐provided‐residents‐roadmap‐to‐good‐health.html
World Breastfeeding Event in the park.
Booth Display at the Fulton County FairWauseon, Ohio, USA
Over 260,000 people attended the fair!
Submitted by Amy Clark
Cypress Regional Health Authority Saskatchewan,
Canada
Submitted by Vanessa Zanidean
Springwood Community Health New South Wales,
Australia
Submitted by Decalie Brown
A photo competition was held for the third year and judging took place at a tea for mothers, staff and local dignitaries. Photos are then rotated through the different community health centers over several months.
Springwood Community Health New South Wales,
Australia
Birth and Infant Care Center
& Panhandle
Breastfeeding Coalition
Scottsbluff, Nebraska USA
Submitted by Cindy Francisco
Southeastern Lactation Consultants Association (SELCA),
USA
Cake was served at the August meeting where those who attended the ILCA Conference in Orlando reviewed
highlights of the Conference and shared handouts and giveaway items with
everyone.
Submitted by Carol Hendrix
Are we missing your event? Let us know how you celebrated!
Email [email protected]
Encourage everyone to stay on the road to lifelong health year round with these promotional items still
available from the ILCA Store:
©2012 International Lactation Consultant Association2501 Aerial Center Parkway, Suite 103, Morrisville, NC 27560, USA
Telephone + 1 919 861‐5577 • Fax + 1 919 459 2075Toll Free in U.S. & Canada: 888‐ILCA‐IS‐U (452‐2478)
Written by Lisa Akers for World Breastfeeding Week Action Kit, “The Road to Lifelong Health Begins with Breastfeeding.”
Thank you to everyone who celebrated World Breastfeeding Week.
And a special thank you to those who shared
their celebration photos and news with us.