Implementation Insight: Choosing Language With Communities, Not For Them As communities deepen their work, questions of language often surface—especially when national norms, academic standards, and community preferences don’t align neatly. […]
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How Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities Is Scaling Care What became clear in our January board meeting is something we’ve been feeling for a while: families and communities are already relying
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Communities grow stronger when they take time to reflect on what they are building together. Community Self-Appraisals offered through the Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities initiative are designed to support that
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1) Breastfeeding as Disease Prevention Infrastructure A new Lancet Global Health modeling study (Nov 2025) estimates that if exclusive breastfeeding reached 90% in 132 low- and middle-income countries, we’d see fewer deaths
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We were thrilled to join DJ Jenny on her on an episode of DJ Jenny Sais Science! to talk about what it really means to build Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities.
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Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities (BFFC) leads coordinated policy, systems, and environmental change efforts to ensure that every family- especially those facing systemic barriers – has access to equitable infant feeding
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced a major change: instead of publishing a Breastfeeding Report Card, they are now releasing the Early Childhood Nutrition Report Card. This change
By Linels Higuera Ancidey, IBCLC, MPH Candidate, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Field Placement with Breastfeed Durham, Summer 2025 The First Peel: A Circle Rooted in Community In
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By Samantha Sallee, MPH CandidateUNC Gillings School of Global Public HealthField Placement with Breastfeed Durham, Summer 2025 Creating spaces that support breastfeeding families is about more than comfort—it’s about health, equity,
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Across North Carolina, teachers and students have spoken out about the challenges of breastfeeding and pumping in schools. Their words paint a vivid picture of what too many families face
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