Author: Alberta Breastfeeding Committee

The Baby-Friendly Initiative Quality Improvement Collaborative Project, Parent Partner Recruitment. The Breastfeeding Committee for Canada is seeking a Parent Partner to participate in planning, designing and implementing a Quality Improvement Collaborative that will scale up the implementation of the Baby-Friendly

Invitation to Maternity Hospitals The Breastfeeding Committee for Canada is leading a national project to increase the number of hospitals with Baby-Friendly designation. A Quality Improvement Learning Collaborative with 25 participating hospitals will be the primary focus. To complete the

Webinar Invitation to Canadian Hospitals with Maternity Services The Public Health Agency of Canada is funding a 5 year innovation project to revitalize and expand hospital implementation of the Baby-Friendly Initiative. The project aims to promote maternal and infant health

We are pleased to share some very exciting news from the Board. The BCC is excited to announce that the Public Health Agency of Canada is funding $1.3 million over five years to improve maternal infant health by increasing breastfeeding

Research demonstrates that breastfeeding gives babies a healthy start by providing optimal nutrition, boosting their immune systems, and nurturing an emotional bond between mother and baby. The Government of Canada supports breastfeeding to promote better nutrition and overall maternal and

KEVIN RUSHWORTH HIGH RIVER TIMES/POSTMEDIA NETWORK. The High River Hospital is now the first in Alberta to have achieved the Baby-Friendly Initiative (BFI) designation. Pictured above are Anna Tumoth (left), BFI project lead, and Maxine Scringer-Wilkes, a director with the

The Alberta Breastfeeding Committee is delighted to congratulate High River Hospital on being the first facility in Alberta to achieve the Baby-Friendly Initiative designation. Read more…

 January 2014 Alberta and Canada are in the middle of flu season and the main flu virus circulating is H1N1, the same flu virus that caused a pandemic in 2009. H1N1 is now one of several seasonal flu bugs circulating

June 3, 2013 Public attitudes support breastfeeding… but not always in public Alberta’s birth rate is now over 50,000 per year. Health Canada says “breastfeeding exclusively for the first six months, and sustained for up to two years or longer