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[ID] 1053 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen Lactation Professional Public Health Worker State or Local Government Other Areas: mother [Comment] All the healthcare workers need to be on the same page with breastfeeding education. Many a mother has had trouble keeping straight the information she gets regarding breastfeeding because every person seems to have differing info. Lactation training needs to be required for not only nurses, but also doctors (especially those dealing with woman and infant/child health). There are many who got their licenses years ago and still treat nursing moms and babies as though they are formula-feeding. They advise these pairs as such, giving really poor breastfeeding advice, and in many cases, just advising a mom to supplement in lieu of giving good information or references to a local lactation consultant. Also, I would like to see the WHO growth charts used as te standard in all doc offices and hospitals. The current growth charts used for infants are based on formula-feeding, and that is not the natural way a baby grows. [Topic] 
Health Professional Education, Publications, and Conferences
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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