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Adopt and present a resolution declaring August 2019 as World Breastfeeding Week in Solano County (Chairwoman Hannigan)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services (H&SS) recommends that the Board adopt and present a resolution declaring August 2019 as World Breastfeeding Week in Solano County.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action coordinates World Breastfeeding Week. This year's theme for World Breastfeeding Week is "Empower parents, enable breastfeeding." Gender-equitable parental social protection can help promote and sustain breastfeeding, ensure parental rights through policies and legislation and advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) developed by the United Nation's world leaders in September 2015 aimed at ending poverty in five major areas of development: 1) Nutrition and food security; 2) Health, well-being and survival; 3) Environment and climate change; 4) Work productivity, empowerment and social protection; and 5) Sustainable partnerships and rule of law.
The Breastfeeding Coalition of Solano County was established in 1997 to provide breastfeeding education to the community and provide a venue for networking and coordination of perinatal services. The Coalition recognizes that breastfeeding plays a role in the human life cycle in many ways. Breastfeeding is the first and most optimal nutrition available for developing infants. It is a key component in food security in many of our underserved populations who are economically disadvantaged, and breastmilk provides optimal cognitive, emotional and physiological attributes for babies, providing a foundation for health and well-being. The County's Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program efforts to increase exclusive breastfeeding rates have been successful through the Regional Breastfeeding Liaison position and Breas...
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