Each year, over 120 countries celebrate World Breastfeeding Week.
The United States celebrates from August 1st to August 7th. The
2010 World Breastfeeding Week commemorates the twentieth anniversary
of the World Health Organization’s “Innocenti Declaration” that
calls for implementation of the “Ten Steps to Successful
Breastfeeding” in all maternity facilities.
Health care facilities play a vital role in the
establishment of breastfeeding. The “Ten Steps to Successful
Breastfeeding”
provides supportive pathways enabling women to achieve their
breastfeeding goals. This effort also helps the United States
achieve the National 2010 Breastfeeding Objectives.
The Palm Beach County Health Department WIC
Program (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,
and Children) celebrates the whole month of August, by recognizing
all the exclusively breastfeeding families in each of the 6 WIC
sites. The WIC staff is hard at work planning a fun day with
special invitations, food, games and prizes. WIC is very grateful
for the Palm Beach County Health Department Volunteer Services’
donations and support for breastfeeding.
WIC and the Breastfeeding Coalition of Palm Beach
County would like to recognize all the maternity hospitals who have
worked very hard to increase their breastfeeding rates and provide
staff lactation training. Special thanks also go to the supporting
and collaborating organizations such as the Children’s Services
Council, Healthy Beginnings and Healthy Start, WHIN (Women’s’ Health
Initiative), The Children’s Healing Institute, Healthy
Mothers/Healthy Babies, Community Voice and many other individuals
for their outstanding support.
For local breastfeeding resources go to
www.pbcbreastfeeding.org.
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