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Websites

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Global and National Recommendations 
  • Breastfeeding Committee for Canada (BCC)
  • World Health Organization (WHO)​
  • ​National Guidelines: Breastfeeding (Public Health Agency of Canada) 
  • ​WIC Works
  • Global Breastfeeding Collective
  • ​WABA World Breastfeeding Week
  • Safely Fed Canada
Breastfeeding Education and Training
  • Institute for the Advancement of Breastfeeding and Lactation Education (IABLE)
  • Liquid Gold Concept: Simulation-based learning in maternal-child care 
Breastfeeding Research/Science
  • Human Milk - Tailor Made for Tiny Humans
  • Parenting Science Gang - Breastmilk composition and child health​
  • MaxiMoM: Maximizing Mothers' Milk for Preterm Infants
Milk Banking/Sharing
  • Human milk banking and sharing – La Leche League Canada
Breastfeeding in Emergency and Safety
  • Human milk vs. formula in disastrous conditions – University of Sunshine Coast Australia
  • Infant and child feeding in emergencies – US Centre for Disease Control
  • Breastfeeding and medication – Infant Risk Centre 
  • First Exposure
Breastfeeding Support
  • MotherToBaby
  • Trash the Pump and Dump

Videos

  • MILC Club Speaker Video: ​​The Commercialization of Human Milk and the Need for Evidence-Based Policies
  • CHILD Cohort Study: New scientific insights into breastfeeding
  • TED Talk - What we don't know about mother's milk?
  • ​How you can help support a breastfeeding mom
  • The Baby-Friendly Initiative: Strengthening Indigenous Families and Communities 
  • Droplet - First milk matters most
  • How Lactation Works - Association of Breastfeeding Mothers (ABM)

Educational Materials

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OPHA Breastfeeding Promotion Workgroup
Education Toolkits​
  • ​​​Alabama Department of Public Health (Grades K-12): ​click here to download
  • Ontario Public Health Association (Grades 9-12): click here download / (available in French)
  • Leicestershire Healthy Schools (Grades 9-12): click here download
  • Marion County of Public Health Department (Grades 9-12): click here to download
  • Breastfeeding More Than Milk (Early Years): click here to download
Presentations
  • Mammals Feeding their Babies Since the Beginning of Time
  • Celebrity Breastfeeding Tic-Tac-Toe​

Training Courses

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  • Unlok Education - Human Milk and the Infant Gut Microbiome
  • Coursera - Short course on breastfeeding 
  • Breast Milk Scientific and Microbiome Courses

Letters and Reports

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  • Open letter advocating for private lactation rooms in Manitoba hospitals
  • Protecting and Supporting Breastfeeding to Advance Women's Health in Canada - A brief submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Women's Health

Podcasts

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  • ​ABC Babytalk: Breastmilk Research podcast
  • MICROBIOME INSIGHTS: BIOMES Microbiome

Position Statements and Guidelines

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  • Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (2024), Breastfeeding in emergencies 
  • Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (2017), Informal breast milk sharing for the term healthy infant
  • Canadian Pediatric Society (2020), Pasteurized and unpasteurized donor human milk​
  • ABM Clinical Protocol #14: Breastfeeding-Friendly physician’s office – optimizing care for infants and children – Breastfeeding Medicine journal
  • The Operational Guidance on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (OG-IFE) – IFE Core Group
  • LactMed
  • Infant feeding in disasters and emergencies - American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Global strategy for infant and young child feeding – World Health Organization and UNICEF
  • Informal peer to peer milk sharing - Perinatal Services BC
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  • MILC Club
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    • The IMiC Team
  • **DONATE MILK**