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The Breastfeeding Promotion Consortium (BPC) |
The
Breastfeeding Promotion Consortium (BPC) is a forum for
dialogue between breastfeeding advocacy groups and Federal
agencies to promote, protect, and support breastfeeding. The
BPC is facilitated by the United States Department of
Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) with support
from the United States Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS). It was formed in 1990 with encouragement from the
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The consortium meets
twice yearly in Washington, DC, on the day before the meeting
of the US Breastfeeding Committee.
Membership in the BPC offers ILCA an opportunity to represent
lactation consultants at the national level to the Federal
agencies that help determine the course of health care in the
United States. Attendance at meetings allows the member
organizations to update each other on their efforts to advance
breastfeeding at many levels. This forum provides a conduit
for non-governmental organizations, such as ILCA, to provide
their input and recommendations to the US Federal government
for how breastfeeding care, services, research, and policy can
be improved.
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