International Lactation Consultant Association

Disasters happen everywhere, and we can prepare. Preparedness for the future starts today. We have the tools and information to help before, during, and after disasters. Please share these resources with your family and colleagues.⁠
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Learn more 👉 https://ilca.org/emergency-resource-page/

ILCA Members receive discounts on resources such as ILCA’s Clinical Guidelines, Triage Tool, and Spanish Breastfeeding Glossary, and a free quarterly subscription to Journal of Human Lactation.⁠
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ILCA’s blog, Lactation Matters, features a collection of information curated by leading IBCLCs and experts in the field of lactation research. ⁠
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Read the ILCA blog today!⁠ https://www.lactationmatters.org/

Receive recognition and promotion as a skilled lactation consultant!⁠
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ILCA members have an opportunity to become a Fellow of ILCA (FILCA), a designation recognizing the professional excellence and achievements of leaders and mentors in the field of lactation consultancy.⁠
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Become a member today 👉 https://ilca.org/join/

Today is World Prematurity Day! At the Journal of Human Lactation, we recognize the unique challenges faced by premature infants and their families. Our latest issue highlights groundbreaking research on lactation support in the preterm setting - a resource crucial to enhancing breastfeeding initiation and continuation for preterm babies.

Did you know that approximately 15 million babies are born prematurely each year worldwide? That's about 1 in 10 births. Through evidence-based research and practice, we're committed to supporting optimal nutrition and care for these vulnerable infants.

Join us in raising awareness about preterm birth and celebrating the resilience of premature babies and their families. Together, we can work towards better outcomes and support for preterm infants globally.

As we transition to online distribution of the Journal of Human Lactation for ILCA members, we will be refreshing our cover. We have loved featuring Dr. Ryan M. McAdam’s original artwork for the last four years, and it is with gratitude that we retire the images he created for us. For the new cover, we are partnering with Sage Publishing to find a design that better suits the small icon format most readers will see when accessing the journal. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jhl

Get the latest updates about ILCA, including how to view the recording of the ILCA Annual General Meeting (AGM), updates about the Journal of Human Lactation, and a message from our President, Maxine Scringer-Wilkes!

Read the November 2024 issue of the ILCAlert Newsletter today! (Member login required)👇
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ILCA members have free access to the Knowledge Center:⁠
- Webinar Recordings⁠
- JHL Study Modules⁠
- Conference Sessions⁠
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See what's available 👉 https://learning.ilca.org/⁠
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Join WHO, UNICEF and SUN Movement in celebrating that the 2025 Global Nutrition Target for exclusive breastfeeding will be met! 🥳 However, while the target will be met, major challenges still persist.

Register 👉 https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/11/20/default-calendar/exclusive-breastfeeding-celebrating-successes-and-accelerating-progress-by-2030

This session will address barriers to breastfeeding, from inadequate workplace policies to aggressive formula marketing, and will introduce accelerated efforts to continue the positive trends to 2030. The session will explore key actions needed to create supportive environments for mothers, ultimately advancing Sustainable Development Goals on health, education, and environmental sustainability.

Babies & Families in Your Care THRIVE when YOU do.⁠
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Get access to the tools, resources, and support you need to guide your lactation practice and strengthen your value in transforming the health of your community.⁠
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Join now → ilca.org

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Register Here 👉 https://bit.ly/UnicefReadySetGrow

Join us Tuesday, 12th November 2024, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. EST for Ready, Set, Grow: Collective Action for Complementary Feeding, a webinar introducing the Global Complementary Feeding Collective, a partnership of global agencies co-led by UNICEF and WHO and dedicated to improving complementary feeding, diets, and practices in early childhood through improved programming, policies, and advocacy.

Hear about the latest global trends in complementary feeding and directly from policy makers who have taken action and achieved successful outcomes in improving diets of young children in their countries. Learn why complementary feeding should be an advocacy priority for anyone concerned with the well-being of infants and young children.

Discover the Global Complementary Feeding Collective’s priority actions for improving complementary feeding. Find out about important tools and resources for your own advocacy efforts on complementary feeding to accelerate progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals for nutrition.

Simultaneously interpreted in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, and Russian.

Register Here 👉 https://bit.ly/UnicefReadySetGrow

Led by UNICEF and WHO, the Global Complementary Feeding Collective is a partnership of global agencies dedicated to improving the nutrition of children aged from 6 to 23 months through improved programming, policies, and advocacy, and calls on governments, policymakers, philanthropists, and civil society to address the global nutrition crisis for children under two years of age by placing complementary feeding at the forefront of global, regional, and country agendas.

The complementary feeding period, when foods are introduced to the diet alongside continued breastfeeding, affects survival, growth, development, school achievement, and lifelong health and earning. However, around the globe, many children are not receiving the nutrition they need during this time period to grow and thrive.

• One in four children experiences severe child food poverty during early childhood
• Only 47 percent of children 6-23 months are consuming egg, fish, or meat

For far too long, progress on efforts to improve nutrition during the complementary feeding period has stalled, with no meaningful progress globally in the past 10 years. As a result, nutrition for children under two has become a crisis that needs urgent action.

Register Here 👉 https://bit.ly/UnicefReadySetGrow

Accolades to Dr. Rocio Rodríguez Vázquez, who has been awarded the Practice Based Research Award this year from the Journal of Human Lactation. Congratulations, and thank you for your work on the publication, “Exploring Tandem Breastfeeding Motivations Via Self-Determination Theory: An Interpretative Phenomenological Study.” https://journals.sagepub.com/share/QGXTPTVJFGW2P5AFQFN3?target=10.1177/08903344231166910

IGNITE Global Study Day registrants: access will expire on November 8th. This package includes up to 13 CERPs, including 2.25 E-CERPs.

If you need extra time to finish viewing the package, please email [email protected].

ILCA has gathered a repository of all of the guidelines, international codes, clinical competencies, and other resources for our members and others who care for breastfeeding families.⁠
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Learn more 👉 ilca.org/resources

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