We are officially in our first week of National Breastfeeding Month! Each week this month, ALPP will be sharing opportunities to celebrate, to learn and to share!

The first week of August is known as World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), and the theme is "Breastfeeding for a Sustainable Start in Life: Strengthen What Works."

"WBW is celebrated every 1-7 August in commemoration of the 1990 Innocenti Declaration. WBW started in 1992, with annual themes including healthcare systems, women and work, the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, community support, ecology, economy, science, education and human rights. Since 2016, WBW is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2018, a World Health Assembly resolution endorsed WBW as an important breastfeeding promotion strategy."

You can learn more about WBW here!