Ethics Extravaganza 2025

June - July 2025

Photo credit: Paul Carter, We Do It In Public. Used with permission.

Our 11th online ethics conference, Ethics Extravaganza 2025, is made up of E CERP presentations from our conferences in 2024 plus a new presentation. iLactation offered 5.75 E CERPs for IBCLCs around the world to help satisfy the requirement for a minimum of 5 E CERPs on ethics and related topics for IBCLC re-certification, including 2 hours on the WHO Code.

The good, the bad & the unethical: Being an IBCLC in the age of social media

Caoimhe Whelan, BEng, IBCLC, MSc(research) - Read more

The good, the bad & the unethical: Being an IBCLC in the age of social media

Caoimhe Whelan, BEng, IBCLC, MSc(research)

Caoimhe Whelan is an IBCLC working in private practice in Dublin, Ireland. She is interested in maternal mental health, feminism, qualitative research, low milk production and epistemology (as it pertains to breastfeeding and lactation).

The good, the bad & the unethical: Being an IBCLC in the age of social media

This presentation will explore the realities and challenges of being an IBCLC in an era where people are increasingly turning to social media platforms for information. It will look at how parents’ feeding choices and mental health are influenced by content they see on social media and ethical and professional considerations for IBCLCs who post on social media. The presentation will also consider the addictive nature of social media platforms and the predatory marketing tactics of non WHO-code complaint companies.

1.25 E (VII) CERP

Conflicts of interest and the protection of breastfeeding

Katie Pereira-Kotze, RD (SA), M Nutr, PhD - Read more

Conflicts of interest and the protection of breastfeeding

Catherine Pereira-Kotze, RD(SA), MNutr, PhD

Dr Catherine Pereira-Kotze has been working in the field of public health nutrition since 2005. Her work experience includes the programme management of, training, and research in maternal, infant, and young child nutrition. She is passionate about the protection, promotion, and support of breastfeeding and striving to make a difference to the lives of the most vulnerable groups. Her skills include public health nutrition research and policy advocacy, communications, education, training and mentorship. She has worked in low-, middle- and high-income country settings. Catherine spent most of her life in Cape Town (South Africa), and in 2020, relocated to the UK. She is currently working as a part-time Senior Nutritionist at First Steps Nutrition Trust and a consultant to Alive and Thrive East Asia Pacific.

Conflicts of interest and the protection of breastfeeding

This presentation will provide an overview of the concept of “conflicts of interest” and examples of how conflicts arise in the area of breastfeeding protection, promotion and support. Most recent guidance on how to avoid and manage conflicts of interest will be shared, together with advice on the responsibilities of health care workers.

1.00 E (V,VII) CERP

A balancing act. How to assess risk vs benefit ratio when it comes to depressive spectrum disorders medications in lactation.

Karolina Morze, Mpharm - Read more

A balancing act. How to assess risk vs benefit ratio when it comes to depressive spectrum disorders medications in lactation.

Karolina Morze, MPharm

Karolina Morze is a pharmacist and specializes in pharmacotherapy in lactation. She works as a consulting pharmacist in a private practice in Poland. In her clinical practice she works with lactating individuals with various health issues, helping mothers with both common problems, chronic or rare diseases to reconcile the therapy and breastfeeding with as little intervention as possible, respecting mothers’ wishes and needs.
She conducts training for IBCLCs, midwives, doctors, pharmacists and other medical professionals as well as non-medical lactation supporters in the field of medication and breastfeeding, attempting to explain complex pharmacological problems in an easy to understand way. She conducts research on the Drug Related Problems and outcomes of maternal medication on the breastfed children.
She is a member of the Polish Society of Clinical Pharmacy and Polish Society of Pharmacovigilance. She is also an author of several books and publications.

A balancing act. How to assess risk vs benefit ratio when it comes to depressive spectrum disorders medications in lactation.

This presentation explores the complexities of assessing medication safety for depression in lactating women. It delves into the challenges of weighing risks and benefits, common obstacles faced in this evaluation, and various scenarios to consider. Risks associated with medication, infant exposure via breastmilk, formula feeding, not breastfeeding at all, and the consequences of untreated depression will be discussed. Additionally, the presentation will explore how patient autonomy laws impact decision-making in this context.

1.00 E (IV,VII) CERP

Standing by the Code: a framework for justice in infant feeding

Lourdes Santaballa Mora, MS, IBCLC, CLAAS, IYCFS - Read more

Standing by the Code: a framework for justice in infant feeding

Lourdes Santaballa Mora, MS, IBCLC, CLAAS, IYCFS

Lourdes Santaballa started as a peer to peer counselor after the birth of her children before becoming a community based IBCLC in 2011. By applying to numerous scholarships, she began to establish meaningful international contacts which would become keys to her professional advancement in the lactation field. Following Hurricane Maria, she co-founded Alimentación Segura Infantil in Puerto Rico. She is considered an expert in the topics of IYCF-E, the Code, Oral Restrictions, Feminism and Intersectionality. She holds a masters degree in clinical nutrition, has received numerous awards and recognitions, and believes in the power of mentorship and community.

Standing by the Code: a framework for justice in infant feeding

This presentation is designed to be for a mixed audience of beginning and advanced experts in the field. We will begin with the historical and social context of the drafting of the International Code on Marketing of substitutes and subsequent resolutions. Topics to be expired more in depth include the traditional elitism
of Code Marketing, the ethical obligations of lactation specialists and allied health professionals, the actual aim and scope of the Code, and why we can love the code, follow it, and not fall into the trap of justifying money, teats, and tainted research and education.

2.50 E (VII) CERP

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