Australian Breastfeeding Association is a breastfeeding information and support service. Breastfeeding is a practical, learned skill and ABA helps more than 80,000 mothers each year. ABA also provides up-to-date information and continuing education for thousands of health professionals working with mothers and babies. ABA supports and encourages women who want to breastfeed or provide breastmilk for their babies, and advocates to raise community awareness of the importance of breastfeeding and human milk to child and maternal health. Services include membership for both mothers and health professionals, a 24-hour Breastfeeding Helpline, an informative website, local support groups, antenatal classes, retail shops, and numerous print and digital resources. ABA
The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative is a worldwide program of the World Health Organization and UNICEF launched in 1991 following the adoption of the Innocenti Declaration on breastfeeding promotion in 1990. The initiative is a global effort for improving the role of maternity services to enable mothers to breastfeed babies for the best start in life. It aims at improving the care of pregnant women, mothers, and newborns at health facilities that provide maternity services for protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding, in accordance with the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. BFHI
La Leche League’s mission is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother. La Leche League
Helping Hands is a breast milk bank that accepts donations of human breast milk from qualified lactating mothers. This program provides communities with two major benefits. The first benefit of this program supplies nutritional products derived from human breast milk for premature babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The second benefit of this program is supplied by Prolacta Bioscience, the lab which screens and processes all of the milk donations. For every ounce of qualified milk collected, Prolacta will donate $1.10 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure in support of breast cancer research. Helping Hands
Human Milk Banking Association of North America is a professional association for supporters of non-profit donor human milk banking founded in 1985. HMBANA promotes the health of babies and mothers through the provision of safe pasteurized donor milk and support for breastfeeding. HMBANA
The International Lactation Consultant Association is a professional association for International Board Certified Lactation Consultants and other healthcare professionals who care for breastfeeding families. Their vision is that the IBCLC is the globally recognized professional authority in lactation. Their mission is to advance the IBCLC profession worldwide through leadership, advocacy, professional development, and research. IBCLC
Kellymom Breastfeeding & Parenting is a resource directory that provides a comprehensive list of resources and useful information for parents who are breastfeeding and nursing. Kellymom
Founded in 2005, The Milk Bank is a 501 (C)(3), that was established as a non-profit, community-supported entity to improve health outcomes for premature and ill babies, foster better health for children, and decrease health care expenditures. The Milk Bank receives human milk from carefully screened donors to pasteurize, freeze and distribute it throughout the United States. The Milk Bank
Mothers Milk Bank Charity collects, screens, pasteurises, and distributes donated human milk to infants where a mother’s own milk is not available. Mothers Milk Bank Charity
Online Breastfeeding Cafe aims to bring together the best resources to help parents make informed choices by presenting the most up-to-date, relevant information on breastfeeding and related early parenting topics in the relaxed, friendly atmosphere of a ‘virtual café’. They offer quality information and support for parents and parents-to-be in their breastfeeding journey. The OBC tackles those breastfeeding and related issues which other sites only touch on. They provide in-depth articles as well as practical tips like how to store breast milk, breastfeeding & alcohol, newborn breastfeeding, infant weaning, where to find a nursing bra, and using a breast pump. Online Breastfeeding Cafe
National Breastfeeding Helpline offers tips and suggestions to help you successfully breastfeed and is sponsored by the Office on Women’s Health, US Department of Health and Human Services. Promotes that the experience of breastfeeding is special for so many reasons: the joyful bonding with your baby, the cost savings, and the health benefits for both mother and baby. National Breastfeeding Helpline
The SABR is an award-winning, not-for-profit, human milk-banking organisation, founded in 2003, that has supported the healthcare system and the community of breastfeeding mothers in South Africa for the last 18 years through programs involving: scientific research, advocacy and awareness, government regulatory programs, and the provision of safe, nutritious, donated breastmilk. SABR
United States Lactation Consultant Association is the professional association for International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs)and other healthcare professionals who care for breastfeeding families. USLCA membership is open to all who support and promote breastfeeding; you can join at any time and do NOT need to be an IBCLC to be a member. Their mission is to advance the IBCLC within the United States through leadership, advocacy, professional development, and research. USLCA
The United States Breastfeeding Committee is an independent nonprofit organization that was formed in 1998 in response to the Innocenti Declaration of 1990, of which the United States Agency for International Development was a co-sponsor. Among other recommendations, the Innocenti Declaration calls on every nation to establish a multi-sectoral national breastfeeding committee comprised of representatives from relevant government departments, non-governmental organizations, and health professional associations to coordinate national breastfeeding initiatives. USBC is now a coalition of more than 40 organizations that support its mission to improve the Nation’s health by working collaboratively to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding. USBC
Ventura Coast Milk Bank is dedicated to improving public health through accessible breastfeeding education and the distribution of pasteurized donor breast milk to infants with a medical need. Based out of Ventura, CA with plans to serve Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles counties, Ventura Coast Milk Bank will collect, screen, pasteurize, and distribute donor human milk. Our mission is to educate the public on the benefits of breastfeeding and increasing the amount of donor milk available for medically fragile infants in our community. Ventura Coast Milk Bank
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action is a global network of individuals & organisations concerned with the protection, promotion & support of breastfeeding worldwide. WABA action is based on the Innocenti Declaration, the Ten Links for Nurturing the Future, and the Global Strategy for Infant & Young Child Feeding. WABA is in consultative status with UNICEF & an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. WABA
World Health Organization is responsible for directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries, and monitoring and assessing health trends. WHO stresses that breastfeeding is the normal way of providing young infants with the nutrients they need for healthy growth and development. Virtually all mothers can breastfeed, provided they have accurate information, and the support of their family, the health care system, and society at large. WHO
Women, Infants, Children is an agency run by the New York State Department of Health. It is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). WIC offers nutrition education, breastfeeding support, referrals, and a variety of nutritious foods to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, or postpartum women, infants, and children up to the age of five. WIC works to improve the health of pregnant women, new mothers, and their infants and children. Participants in the WIC program have longer, healthier pregnancies and fewer premature births. WIC