Assisting the Development of Pathway 2 Programs RISE: Lactation Training Model is a grant-funded project providing higher education institutes with training tools to build a self-sustainable Pathway 2 program model.... Read more »
Please Note: CGBI is here to assist hospitals through the COVID-19 pandemic. We are able to provide technical assistance in implementing best practices. Please complete the form below with your... Read more »
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Welcome to 2018! The Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI) team enters 2018 invigorated and inspired by the work ahead. We closed out 2017 by attending several... Read more »
CGBI has received funding from The Duke Endowment to improve maternity care and breastfeeding rates in underserved communities in the Carolinas. Project teams from various healthcare systems who have committed... Read more »
The Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute is partnering with Trig Innovation to develop the Couplet Care BassinetTM to provide a safer and more accommodating environment for women and their infants on... Read more »
Publications: Bytautiene Prewit E, Kechichian T, Okunade D, Yin H, Stuebe AM. Effect of Normal Pregnancy Followed by Lactation on Long-Term Maternal Health in a Mouse Model. Reprod Sci. Oct 2017... Read more »
Hospital teams in the EMPower Initiative have been steadily progressing forward on their pathway to improving maternity care practices and breastfeeding rates through Baby-Friendly USA designation. We are excited to... Read more »
Breastfeeding: New Anthropological Approaches, edited by Cecilia Tomori, Aunchalee Palmquist, and EA Quinn, features contributions by bioarchaeologists, biological anthropologists, and sociocultural anthropologists. It brings together innovative scholarship that advances knowledge... Read more »
The fall semester was a successful and productive one for the Carolina BEBES student group. In addition to a guest lecture on infant and young child feeding in emergencies by... Read more »
Larelle High Bookhart graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health with a Master of Public Health from the Department of Nutrition... Read more »
