PROFessional organizations, policy statements, and protocols
CONTENTS
1. Lactation Consultant Associations
2. American Academy of Breastfeding Medicine
3. American Academy of Pediatrics
4. World Health Organization
5. Center of Disease Control
6. US Surgeon General
7. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
8. Association of Women's Health,Obstetric, and Neonatal Nursing
9. Human Milk Banking Association of North America
10. American College of Radiologists
11. UNICEF
12. US Breastfeeding Committee
13. International Baby Food Action Network
14. National Institute for Children's Health
15. Healthy People
16. American Academy of Family Physicians
17. American College of Nurse-Midwives
18. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
19. The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
20. National Association of Neonatal Nurses
21. Perniatal Collaborative - Birth Outcomes
22. Anethesiologists
There is wide consensus that breastfeeding needs to be promoted and supported by healthcare providers. The World Health Organizations and US Federal government have many publications setting standards to do this.
Below are professional organizations have developed standards to educate and guide Doctors, Physicans, Nurses, Lactation Consultants and supporting staff.
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