RELEASE: World Breastfeeding Week

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July 29, 2024

New Mexico WIC Program celebrates World Breastfeeding Week

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health’s Women, Infants, Children program (WIC) and the New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force will host World Breastfeeding Week Events at all statewide WIC locations.

World Breastfeeding Week aims to strengthen local support for breastfeeding and to improve the health of children and women in the community. It is one of many similar events that take place annually during World Breastfeeding Week (August 1st – 7th). This year, countries around the world will celebrate the international theme, “Closing the Gap.”

“The list of breastfeeding’s health benefits is long,” said New Mexico Department of Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Miranda Durham . “As WIC this year celebrates its 50 th anniversary nationally, the work WIC does in our state with parents and youth in the first months and years of our children’s lives will affect public health for years to come. WIC is a cornerstone for achieving our goal to make New Mexico the healthiest state in the country by 2040.”

WIC is the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). It is a federal program administered by the United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, and the New Mexico Department of Health, Public Health Division.

WIC services approximately 430,200 families in New Mexico per year.

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has issued a proclamation commemorating World Breastfeeding Month statewide.

For questions about World Breastfeeding Week events or to schedule an appointment, please contact NM WIC Breastfeeding Manger Kendall Pluta at 505-670-4691, or your local WIC or NMHealth Public Health Office . For more information on New Mexico’s WIC program visit https://www.nmwic.org /.

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NMHealth

Robert Nott , Communications Director | robert.nott@doh.nm.gov | (505) 479-0417

NMHealth works to promote health and wellness, improve health outcomes, and deliver services to all New Mexicans. As New Mexico’s largest state agency, DOH offers public health services in all 33 counties and collaborates with 23 Native American tribes, Pueblos and nations.

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