Updating Clinical Practices to Promote and Protect Human Milk and Breastfeeding in a COVID-19 Era

• Main Authors: Johannes B. van Goudoever (Author), Diane L. Spatz (Author), Rebecca Hoban (Author), Dani Dumitriu (Author), Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman (Author), Monika Berns (Author), Liz McKechnie (Author), Riccardo Davanzo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted breastfeeding and lactation globally, with clinical practices implemented early in the pandemic being mostly anti-breastfeeding, e.g., separation of mothers from their infants, and not evidence based. As the pandemic has progressed, evidence has emerged reconfirmin...