U.S. Breastfeeding Committee

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The formation of the United States Breastfeeding Committee is among the most salient and distinguishing features of the progress that has occurred in the breastfeeding community since 1984.  It satisfies one of the four operational targets set forth by the 1990 Innocenti Declaration which was to establish a multi-sectoral national breastfeeding committee composed of representatives from relevant government departments, non-governmental organizations, and health professional associations.

The mission of the Committee is to improve the nation's health by working collaboratively to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding.  Its vision is stated:
In order to achieve optimal health, enhance child development, promote knowledgeable and effective parenting, support women in breastfeeding, and make optimal use of resources, we envision breastfeeding as the norm for infant and child feeding throughout the U.S.

 

Voting Members of the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee Acronym Organization
AED	Academy for Educational Development
ABM	Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
AAP	American Academy of Pediatrics
APHA	American Public Health Association
ACNM	American College of Nurse Midwives
ACOG	American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
ACPM	American College of Preventive Medicine
AWHONN	Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
	Baby-Friendly USA
	Best Start Social Marketing
	Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
CIMS	Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
	Healthy Children Project, The Center for Breastfeeding
HMBANA	Human Milk Banking Association of North America
IBLCE	International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners
ILCA	International Lactation Consultants Association
LLLI	La Leche League International
	Lamaze International
NABA	National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy
NABA REAL	National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy, Research, Education and Legal Issues
NAWD	National Association of WIC Directors
NCDMB	National Commission on Donor Milk Banking
HMHB	National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
UCLA	Univ. of California at Los Angeles School of Public Health
	Univ. of Rochester School of Medicine, Dept of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
USC	Univ. of So. California School of Medicine, Breastfeeding Infant Clinic
	Wellstart International

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Web: http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/

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This page last updated March 28, 2003