World Breastfeeding Week
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.
Each year PRO-LC holds a WBW display contest for the hospitals in the 5 county area. Our county representatives will come to your hospital to take photos and record your events. Click here for more details and the application.
Criteria for the contest include:
- Display locations
- Use of theme
- Overall impact
- Accuracy of information
- Use of pertinent handouts
- Interactive activities
- Use of media, TV spots, radio announcements, Intranet alerts
- Extra credit for cafeteria tents, contests for staff gifts or events, displays in other locations
Click here to view the judging sheet.
2011 Winners
Grand Prize: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
First Prize: HUP
Second Prize: Riddle
Third Prize: Tie between
Prizes are announced and given out at the September PRO-LC meeting. See this website for details.
http://worldbreastfeedingweek.org
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.
