World Breastfeeding Week 2024
World Breastfeeding Week #WBW2024 is celebrated from Aug 1-7, 2024. The theme this year is CLOSING THE GAP: Breastfeeding support for all.
Register now for our free #WBW2024 presentation.
#WBW2024 will focus on survival, health and wellbeing. It will showcase the need to improve breastfeeding support to reduce inequalities that exist in our society with a special focus on breastfeeding in times of emergencies and crises. More information can be found on the WABA website.
iLactation use of the World Breastfeeding Week graphic (copyright WABA) falls under the guidelines of fair use and is used with permission.
Lack of breastfeeding support during the critical first weeks negatively affects the overall breastfeeding intentions and prevalence.
Unregulated donation of breastmilk substitutes combined with a lack of access to clean and safe water during emergencies place infants and young children at higher risk of malnutrition and mortality.
Breastfeeding can acts as an equaliser in our society and efforts must be made to ensure everyone especially the vulnerable group has access to breastfeeding support and opportunities.
Investments in breastfeeding to address these inequalities is vital and can alleviate the social inequalities.
Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding addresses inequalities that stand in the way of sustainable development.
If you want to use the WABA WBW 2024 CLOSING THE GAP: Breastfeeding Support for All poster please read the guidelines for use.
Here at iLactation we are celebrating WBW2024 early with a free presentation by Elizabeth Yip called Spilt Milk Stories. What we can learn from women’s own honest breastfeeding stories to improve future care.
Register now for this informative presentation
Registration price: FREE
Only available until August 31, 2024.
Elizabeth Yip, RN, RM, IBCLC
Elizabeth Yip has worked in Midwifery since 1981. She has worked across all midwifery areas including NICU. She continued part time work in midwifery while caring for her children and did some Child and Family Health nursing. She has had a lifelong passion to support lactation which started during her childhood from listening to her mother, her family, and her mother’s friends’ stories They talked about the joys and difficulties they encountered. Her passion to continue listening to women’s stories and her career has helped her learn and see what does and does not work for women and their babies. She has been a lifelong believer in women-/person-centered care and often wondered why we continue to do things that are not working for us and those we care for.
Spilt Milk Stories. What we can learn from women’s own honest breastfeeding stories to improve future care.
A collection of over 80 heartfelt, intimate, and at times difficult stories of breastfeeding experiences from women and their partners was collected by Liz that showcase what she wished she had learnt early in her career; that breastfeeding is about more than how breasts work. It is about the women, her breasts, her baby and the support she gets.
Earlybird registration for our upcoming conference is available until the end of WBW. This conference is our 25th online breastfeeding conference, Flourishing, online from Sept 15 – Dec 15, 2024. 18+ hours of education, providing CERPs, CNEs and CMEs for health professionals, plus amazing information and education for all lactation supporters. Go here to view the speakers, topics and to register. Don’t miss it!
