This week, we celebrate Tawanda Logan-Hurt who is a Public Health Program Specialist Team Lead and Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) District Breastfeeding Coordinator, BSW, CLC, IBCLC. Tawanda is associated with Mississippi Baby Cafe USA as State Coordinator

CHEER, the Center for Health Equity, Education, and Research, would like to thank Aishat Gambari for her excellent work. She joined CHEER in 2019 and has been an integral part of our team. She is now attending the Nutrition and Health Sciences doctoral program at Emory University. During her time

This week, we celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Lactation Collaborative of California as our CHAMPion of the Week! This Collaborative, established in December 2021, is a joint workgroup made up of AANHPI lactation professionals, public health workers, studen

Congratulations to this week’s CHAMPion of the Week, Magnolia Regional Health Center, for achieving the highly prestigious international Baby-Friendly designation! Magnolia Regional Health Center began its Baby-Friendly journey in 2016 and was designated on July 29th, 2022. MRHC faced multiple cha

Iona Macnab, BA (Hons), LLB, IBCLC is a global maternal and child health leader with over 25 years of experience providing breastfeeding support to mothers and babies “wherever and whenever” she can. She is the co-founder of iLactation Online Breastfeeding conferences, an education platform for

This week, we celebrate Margaret Parker, MD, MPH, a clinical neonatologist, health services researcher, former Newborn Research Director at Boston Medical Center, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Boston University School of Medicine. Meg has recently transitioned to a new role as Acad

Congratulations to this week’s CHEER CHAMPion of the week Lamprini Mammata! Lamprini holds degrees in History and Archeology from the University of Ioannina and a Masters in Reading, Literacy, and Educational Material from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. In addition to her work

Congratulations to this week’s CHAMPion of the Week, South Central Regional Medical Center’s Maternal Child Services for achieving Baby-Friendly designation! Although the COVID-19 pandemic was a great challenge in this quest, they overcame it by setting timelines and achieving one goal at a time

This week CHAMPS features Merit Health Woman’s Hospital in Jackson, MS in recognition of their hospital-wide support for breastfeeding employees. Merit Health Woman’s Hospital became designated as Baby-Friendly in October 2018, and according to Renee Simpson, RN, IBCLC, the hospital’s Baby-Fri

Congratulations to this week’s CHAMPion of the week, Seeds of Humanity Hellas! Seeds of Humanity Hellas is a Greek branch of a Palestinian non-profit, non-governmental organization whose main purpose is to provide comprehensive support to vulnerable refugee families by offering solutions