World Breastfeeding Week
The
Innocenti Declaration was produced and adopted by participants
at the WHO/UNICEF policymakers' meeting on "Breastfeeding
in the 1990s: A Global Initiative"co-sponsored by
the United States Agency for International Development
(AID) and the Swedish International Development Authority
(SIDA), held at the Spedale degli Innocenti, Florence,
Italy, from July 30 to August 1, 1990. More information
can be found at the Innocenti
Declaration on the Protection, Promotion and Support of
Breastfeeding.
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) created
World Breastfeeding Week and selected August 1-7 because
the Innocenti Declaration came out in August of 1990.
World Breastfeeding Week is an international outreach
effort, celebrated in 120 countries, to promote and educate
about breastfeeding. Each year there is a different theme
celebrated during World Breastfeeding Week. The 2007 theme
is Breastfeeding: The 1st Hour - Save ONE million babies!
For more information about WBW 2007, see World
Breastfeeding Week Home Page.
In eastern Pennsylvania, PRO-LC sponsors a contest among
the hospitals with maternity services. PRO-LC recognizes
hospitals with the most innovative display promoting breastfeeding
during World Breastfeeding Week. For more information about the 2007 content, click on the 2007 WBW Contest Flyer.
A representative from each county rates the displays,
and one hospital in each county is awarded a winning prize.
Every hospital that participates receives recognition
of their participation in the contest. Click here for the 2006 contest winners.
The following are the themes from 1992 through 2006:
| 1992 |
The Baby-Friendly Hospital
Initiative |
| 1993 |
The Mother-Friendly
Workplace Initiative |
| 1994 |
Protecting Breastfeeding:
Making the Code Work |
| 1995 |
Breastfeeding: Empowering
Women |
| 1996 |
Breastfeeding: A Community
Responsibility |
| 1997 |
Breastfeeding: Nature's
Way (an Ecological Act) |
| 1998 |
Breastfeeding: The
Best Investment (economics) |
| 1999 |
Breastfeeding: Education
for Life |
| 2000 |
Breastfeeding: It's
Your Right (human rights) |
| 2001 |
Breastfeeding in the
Information Age |
| 2002 |
Breastfeeding: Healthy
Mothers and Healthy Babies |
| 2003 |
Breastfeeding in a
Globalised World for Peace and Justice |
| 2004 |
Exclusive Breastfeeding:
The Gold Standard - Safe, Sound, Sustainable |
| 2005 |
Breastfeeding and Family
Foods: Healthy and Loving |
| 2006 |
Code Watch - 25 Years
of Protecting Breastfeeding |
| 2007 |
Breastfeeding: The 1st Hour - Save ONE million babies! |
2006 WBW HOSPITAL DISPLAY CONTEST WINNERS
Twelve area hospitals received awards from the Pennsylvania
Resource Organization for Lactation Consultants (PRO-LC),
for their lobby displays honoring World Breastfeeding
Week.
The winners were announced at the September 19th group's
member meeting.
For this year, our organization, the Pennsylvania Resource
Organization for Lactation Consultants, wishes to congratulate
our grand prize winner, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Our other county winners were Paoli Hospital, Abington
Hospital, Pocono Medical Center, St. Luke’s Hospital
of Bethlehem, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, and Grandview
Hospital. There also were excellent displays at Doylestown
Hospital, Chestnut Hill Hospital, Pennsylvania Hospital,
and St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and
St. Luke’s Hospital of Allentown.
View 2006
WBW Press Release
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