What Communities Are Learning About Sustainability Students, tools, and systems that support long-term progress As communities move from initial action to ongoing implementation, questions of capacity quickly surface. What can
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Entry Points Communities Are Using to Move Forward Across communities working toward a Breastfeeding Family Friendly designation, progress isn’t coming from doing everything at once. It’s coming from choosing clear
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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
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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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At Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities, we are thrilled to celebrate the tremendous progress happening across North Carolina to create more supportive environments for families. We are especially proud of: We believe every county deserves
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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.
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
From Cuties to Curriculum: Culturally Responsive Lactation and Perinatal Support Read More »
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
A Student’s Journey to Supporting the Ten Steps through Policy Toolkit in Durham, NC Read More »
