Valerie Coleman, RN, MSN, IBCLC, FACCE, is our CHAMPion of the Week. Valerie is the Program Director of Family Life Education, Women’s Health Community Outreach, and Lactation Services at VCU Health Systems (VCUHS) in Richmond, Virginia. Valerie is currently active with the Virginia Department

Jenan has been helping foodKIND with the delivery of mothers' packs to Oinofyta camp and when CHEERing took over, he began helping us instead. NGOs depend on people like Jenan to get us access to the camps, which is not always ea

CHAMPS’ first Baby-Friendly re-designated hospital is here! The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) was initially designated as a Baby-Friendly hospital in September 2017 and was re-designated on December 5, 2022. Their incredible Baby-Friendly journey began ten years ago. UMMC’s

NYC Health + Hospitals has entered a new chapter. The nation’s largest municipal health care system now has all maternity hospitals Baby-Friendly designated. The system-wide accomplishment came after Kings County Hospital became Baby-Friendly designated in August of 2022. NYC Health + Hospitals

Congratulations to CHEERing Afghanistan’s Program Leaders Samana Yousefi and Somaye Yousefi, MD. Samana and Somaye lead on-the-ground efforts for the Grow Clinic in Herat. They provide health care for mothers, infants and children, and 20 pregnant women two days per week including weighing and mea