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Our Vision
All Infants, mothers and families will reach and maintain the highest possible
level of health and wellness such that each individual will be able to achieve
his or her full potential to enjoy life’s opportunities and contribute to the
peaceful progress of their national and the global community.
Our Mission
Wellstart International’s mission is to advance the knowledge, skills and
abilities of health care providers regarding the promotion, protection and
support of optimal infant and maternal health and nutrition from conception
through the completion of weaning.
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Click here for English version,
And
Edición en Español. |
The
4th Edition of Wellstart’s Lactation Management
Self-Study Modules, Level 1.
This educational tool is downloadable without charge.
Visitors
are invited but not required to help this tool to continue to be
available by donating any amount they wish to Wellstart International,
a
US based 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that is compliant with the
International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes.
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Users are also requested to send your name, professional school that you
are affiliated with and an e-mail address to
info@wellstart.org so that we may send you updates and alerts about
relevant new materials and references. |
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Breastfeeding Facts: |
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In September 2013 UNICEF published a progress report - Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed which reviewed how the world was doing in terms of child mortality. The report indicated that in 2012 6.6 million died before their fifth birthday or approximately 18,000 per day and around 44% deaths occurred during the first month of life. Many of these deaths could have been prevented by breastfeeding. Because of the importance of breastfeeding, the World Health Organization recommends that exclusive breastfeeding should be continued for the first six months of life and then should be maintained while other nutritious foods are introduced for up to two years and beyond. Click here
to read more about this in an article written by Wellstart's CEO, Audrey Naylor.
Babies are born to be
breastfed. It's too important not to!
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"We are guilty of many errors and faults but our worst crime is abandoning
the children, neglecting the foundation of life. Many things we need can wait.
The child cannot. Right now is the time his bones are being made and his senses
are being developed. To him we cannot answer ‘tomorrow’. His name is Today."
Gabriela Mistral
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638 Camino De Los Mares
Ste. H 130, Box 446
San Clemente, CA 92673
Fax 802-985-3300
E-mail: info@wellstart.org
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