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2005
March
31
Deadline for
Eli Hormann
Memorial Scholarship and ILCA
General Scholarship applications for 2005 ILCA Conference
April 1
Deadline for Research
Grant applications
April
15
Deadline for receipt of ballots for 2005 Board of Directors election,
and vote for Best Article in 2004 issues of JHL
April
30
Deadline for applications for volunteers for new Professional Development
Committee.
May
15
Early bird registration deadline for 2005 conference
June
8
Discount deadline for hotel room for 2005 conference
July
6, 7
ILCA Board of Directors Meeting, Chicago, Illinois USA
July 8-12
ILCA's
20th Anniversary Conference & Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
USA
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ILCA’s
20th Anniversary Conference, Chicago, Illinois USA
Breaking
the Barriers to Breastfeeding: Research, Policy and Practice:Celebrating
20 Years of Clinical Excellence!
July
8-12, 2005 at the luxurious Chicago Hilton Hotel
ILCA’s
annual conference is the premier lactation learning event of the
year! Plan to join your colleagues in Chicago this July! Remember
to register by May 15 to receive the Early Bird rate. [more].
Need
a Roommate for ILCA 2005 in Chicago?
Post your request for a roommate for the 2005 conference - or any
conference –on ILCA's online Discussion
Board ! Go to www.ilca.org,
click on Discussion Board, and then on Attending a Conference?
Find a Roommate to post your roommate request. If you’re
not sure how to login, email info@ilca.org
for help.
Use the Discussion Board to help plan your trip! Ask local members
for sightseeing suggestions, favorite restaurants and stores, and
excursions off the beaten track.
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Practice Notes |
Perchlorate in human milk
Following recent
news reports of perchlorate in the breastmilk of women in California,
JHL Editor Jane Heinig, PhD, IBCLC, Paula Benedict, MPH, RD and Tom
Hale, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University School of
Medicine provided these comments: [more]
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ILCA Bookstore |
Summary
of the Hazards of Infant Formula #3
An important new
monograph, Summary of the Hazards of Infant Formula #3, provides
concise statements on adverse infant health outcomes that result when
artificial baby milk replaces breastmilk. This data can be utilized
when writing feeding protocols, advocating for institutional change,
and in helping parents and colleagues understand the differences between
artificial baby milks and breastmilk. [more]
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World Breastfeeding Week |
WABA
announces theme for WBW 2005
The World Alliance
for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) theme for WBW 2005 -Breastfeeding
and Family Foods: Loving & Healthy - draws attention to the value
of continuing to breastfeed children to two years or beyond. [more]
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ILCA Bookstore |
Summary
of the Hazards of Infant Formula #3
An important
new monograph, Summary of the Hazards of Infant Formula #3, provides
concise statements on adverse infant health outcomes that result
when artificial baby milk replaces breastmilk. This data can be
utilized when writing feeding protocols, advocating for institutional
change, and in helping parents and colleagues understand the differences
between artificial baby milks and breastmilk. [more]
Reminder: ILCA membership renewals for 2005
If you
haven't already renewed your membership, be sure to do so
immediately, to ensure continued access to the Members Only
content of the website and delivery of your JHL. As well as
renewing by mail, you can do so on the ILCA
website quickly and easily, and save on postage! [more]
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IBCLC
Day |
Celebrating
IBCLC Day - Wednesday March 2, 2005
Members celebrated
IBCLC Day worldwide in many different ways - with simple emailed
greetings. open houses, and special recognition of new and seasoned
IBCLCs at education events. Tell us how YOU celebrated – email
a brief report with digital photo if possible, to eGlobe editor
Beverley Rae for inclusion
in the next issue!
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2005
ILCA's 20th Anniversary |
Share
your ILCA memories!
Karen Querna,
chair of the Marketing Committee, is compiling ILCA history to mark
the 20th anniversary. Please email her at karen@pqproducts.com
to share any or all of the following: [more]
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Journal of Human Lactation |
Independent
Study Modules in JHL
The Independent
Study Modules which appear in the JHL are a convenient way to earn
CERPS and are good for two years after publication. [more]
Access
JHL online – a membership benefit!
In addition to
receiving a hard copy of JHL, members can access the JHL online,
and also sign up to receive Table of Contents alerts. Click on the
link in the Members
Only area of the website to access the eJHL.
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In
The News |
| 2005
Ballot for election of ILCA Directors
Members
with an email address on file received ballot information
by email to enable them to cast their vote online. Those without
an email address received the ballot by mail. The
deadline for receipt of ballots at the ILCA office or online
is April 15, 2005. The ballot includes voting for
the Best Article in 2004 issues of the Journal of Human Lactation.
[more]
2005-2006 Conference Program Committee selected
ILCA welcomes
the new members of the Conference Program Committee who were
approved at the recent Board of Directors Meeting. [more]
Volunteers
Needed for Professional Development Committee
ILCA seeks
volunteers to serve on the new Professional Development Committee
which will identify and meet the professional development
needs of the association and members. Volunteers should be
ILCA members who are IBCLCs with expertise in a variety of
academic and/or professional disciplines, including classroom
academic educators and clinical educators, as well as individuals
who attend various education services. Committee member term
is a flexible three years. Applicants must comply with ILCA's
Education
Standards and disclose any conflict of interest.
Please
complete the Volunteer Application form (PDF,
Word)
and submit it, along with a curriculum vitae and letter outlining
your
experience with professional lactation education and how you
would help ILCA, to Jim
Smith or fax to 919-787-4916, by April 30, 2005.
ILCA
President-elect Sue Cox visits Lactation Consultants of Great
Britain
President-elect
Sue Cox met members of ILCA affiliate Lactation
Consultants of Great Britain (LCGB) on her way home to
Australia from the United States, where she attended an ILCA
Board meeting. [more]
Left to right:
Alison Blenkinsop, outgoing secretary of LCGB and ILCA President-elect
Sue Cox at afternoon tea at Farnham, Surrey, England.
World
Breastfeeding Advocates Review Gains in Past Decade
Ten years
after the International Conference on Women in Beijing, China,
global breastfeeding organizations have reviewed gains made
in the last decade and the challenges that mothers still face.
Their views are summarized in a short paper distributed at
the March 2005 meeting of the UN's Commission on the Status
of Women. [more]
USBC
Paper on State legislation
Marsha
Walker, RN, IBCLC, reports that the United States Breastfeeding
Committee (USBC) has a new paper available on its website
that catalogs and analyzes state legislation on breastfeeding
throughout the US. This information may be particularly useful
to those who are drafting legislation in their own states
or countries. The file may be downloaded at www.usbreastfeeding.org/Issue-Papers/State-Legislation-2004.pdf.
WABA
Maternity Protection Seed grant program
The
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) advises that
its Maternity Protection Seed grant program is accepting applications
until 30 March 2005. [more]
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