Leaf Mother & Childcare
Leaf Africa is here to support parents as well as health facilities with the main focus on lactation. Breastfeeding is supposed to be a natural process and often it will go without any issue. But there are also many reasons why this process might be disrupted and that’s where Leaf comes in, identifying breastfeeding challenges and finding a customized solution for each baby and mother. Leaf is working under the lead of IBCLC lactation consultants and part of our mission is also to build capacity for our profession in Ghana and across borders in SubSaharan Africa. In 2019 whilst being a participant of the UNICEF Startup Lab Ghana, the ideas for Leaf Africa started to grow, and along the line, the decision was made to continue as an NGO in Ghana on its own.
Updates on the Use of Human Donor Milk in the NICU
Although human milk confers important health promotion benefits to all infants, vulnerable babies admitted to an NICU stand to benefit even more. Their parents are typically strongly motivated to prov...
Sharon Unger, MD, FRCP(C)
Updates on the Use of Human Donor Milk in the NICU
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 06/04/2023
CERP: 1
L-CERP: 1
Nurse Contact Hour(s): 1
CME: 1
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
L-CERP: 1
Nurse Contact Hour(s): 1
CME: 1
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
Oral Colostrum Care as an Immunological Intervention in the NICU
Breastmilk must be the food for every human on earth. During the last decades we have been learning much more about the immunoprotective and immunomodulating properties of human milk, specifically col...
Mariana Colmenares Castaño, MD, IBCLC
Oral Colostrum Care as an Immunological Intervention in the NICU
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 06/04/2023
CERP: 1
L-CERP: 1
Nurse Contact Hour(s): 1
CME: 1
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
L-CERP: 1
Nurse Contact Hour(s): 1
CME: 1
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
Pumping for Hospitalized Babies: 12 Keys to Supporting Families
Perinatal professionals in hospitals have great influence over how much human milk a baby receives, as well as how encouraged parents feel related to pumping and initiating and maintaining their milk ...
Jeanette Mesite Frem, MHS, IBCLC, RLC, CCE
Pumping for Hospitalized Babies: 12 Keys to Supporting Families
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 06/04/2023
CERP: 1
L-CERP: 1
Nurse Contact Hour(s): 1
CME: 1
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
L-CERP: 1
Nurse Contact Hour(s): 1
CME: 1
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
NICU Practices for Storage and Handling of Breastmilk
The feeding of breast milk during the NICU admission reduces the risk of short-and long-term morbidities especially in premature infants. Breastmilk provides immunological, anti-infective, anti-inflam...
Fayrouz Essawy, MD, IBCLC
NICU Practices for Storage and Handling of Breastmilk
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 06/04/2023
CERP: 1
L-CERP: 1
Nurse Contact Hour(s): 1
CME: 1
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
L-CERP: 1
Nurse Contact Hour(s): 1
CME: 1
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
Midwifery
Breastfeeding Medically Complex Infants in the Neonatal ICU
Feeding is the most complex task of infancy, even in term babies with no complications. There are many diagnoses, conditions, syndromes, and co-morbidities that can impact feeding in neonates and infa...
Amber Valentine, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, IBCLC, CNT
Breastfeeding Medically Complex Infants in the Neonatal ICU
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 06/04/2023
CERP: 1
L-CERP: 1
Nurse Contact Hour(s): 1
CME: 1
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
L-CERP: 1
Nurse Contact Hour(s): 1
CME: 1
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
Lactation Ethics (E-CERPs)
Your Responsibility to the WHO Code: Evaluating Real-World Scenarios for Compliance
The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (WHO Code) exists to protect health during a vulnerable period of life. In the course of practicing health care in the service of families...
Christine Staricka, BS, IBCLC, RLC, CE
Your Responsibility to the WHO Code: Evaluating Real-World Scenarios for Compliance
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 03/02/2023
CERP: 1
E-CERP: 1
Nurse Contact Hour(s): 1
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
E-CERP: 1
Nurse Contact Hour(s): 1
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
What’s New with Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding: Updates and Its Cost/Benefit Implications
In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued the first revision of the 1989 WHO/UNICEF Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. Revisions are subtle, yet meaningful for implementation. A major ch...
Andini Pramono, IBCLC, MPH
What’s New With Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding: Updates and Its Cost/Benefit Implications
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 03/02/2023
CERP: 1
L-CERP: 1
Nurse Contact Hour(s): 1
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
L-CERP: 1
Nurse Contact Hour(s): 1
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
What Role Do Fathers’ Cultural Experiences Play in the Decision to Support Breastfeeding?
Male breastfeeding support is evidenced to influence breastfeeding behaviors. Fathers play a vital role in determining women's choice to breastfeed. Many studies regarding fathers' breastfeeding infl...
Dr. Muswamba Mwamba, DrPH, MPH, IBCLC
What Role Do Fathers’ Cultural Experiences Play in the Decision to Support Breastfeeding?
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 21/09/2022
CERP: 1
R-CERP: 1
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
R-CERP: 1
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
Lactation Ethics (E-CERPs)
What’s New With the International Code on the Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes: It’s Not Just About Formula!
The International Code on the Marketing of breast milk substitutes is the very cornerstone of breastfeeding protection, promotion and support, and an integral part of infant and young feeding policie...
Juanita Jauer Steichen, MA, IBCLC
What’s New With the International Code on the Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes: It’s Not Just About Formula!
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 21/09/2022
CERP: 1
E-CERP: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
E-CERP: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
Feeding Preterm Babies after Hospital Discharge: Breast-milk, Fortifier, Supplements and Complementary Foods
Survival in preterm infants has increased over the last few years, and this has been accompanied by an increasing focus on the importance of nutrition and the effects of preterm birth on later outcom...
Nicholas D. Embleton, MD, MBBS, FRCPCH, BSc
Feeding Preterm Babies after Hospital Discharge: Breast-milk, Fortifier, Supplements and Complementary Foods
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 21/09/2022
CERP: 1
L-CERP: 1
L-CERP: 1
Evidence Based Assessment of Neonatal Feeding
A dearth of validated neonatal feeding assessment instruments are available in an era where medical teams are challenged to demonstrate the evidence base of the services that are provided to neonates...
Mari Viviers, PhD, MCommPath, RCSLT
Evidence Based Assessment of Neonatal Feeding
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 21/09/2022
CERP: 1
R-CERP: 1
R-CERP: 1
Challenges in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Critically ill neonates and infants are often unable to maintain adequate nutrition through the enteral route and require parenteral nutrition. Due to their increased nutritional needs, small size, a...
M. Petrea Cober, PharmD, BCNSP, BCPPS, FASPEN
Challenges in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 21/09/2022
CERP: 1
R-CERP: 1
R-CERP: 1
Effect of Fenugreek Supplementation on Breast Milk
The commonest reason of interrupted exclusive breastfeeding is assumption of insufficient breastmilk. Fenugreek has been traditionally used by Egyptian women to increase milk supplementation. However...
Rania Abdou, MD, IBCLC
Effect of Fenugreek Supplementation on Breast Milk
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 0.5 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 30/08/2022
CERP: .5
L-CERP: .5
L-CERP: .5
Can Broths and Baths Help the Baby Blues? Where Indigenous Wisdom Meets Functional Medicine
Indigenous practices around pregnancy, birth and postpartum have become wildly popular, and some even controversial, from rebozo belly sifting and Bengkung binding to herbal massage oils and vaginal s...
Ihotu Jennifer Ali, MPH, LMT, CLC
Can Broths and Baths Help the Baby Blues? Where Indigenous Wisdom Meets Functional Medicine
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 8/30/2022
CERP: 1
R-CERP: 1
Nurse Contact Hour(s): 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
R-CERP: 1
Nurse Contact Hour(s): 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
Holistic Community Care for Parenthood (HCCP)
Poor mental health affects the expectant mothers and father's overall emotional, environmental, social, spiritual and physical well-being, but also impacts unborn, newborn and developing children, par...
Linos Muvhu, Counsellor, AdvDip Family Therapy
Holistic Community Care for Parenthood (HCCP)
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 8/30/2022
CERP: 1
R-CERP: 1
R-CERP: 1
Common Perinatal Mental Disorders: An Approach for the Maternal Health Care Provider
Perinatal common mental disorders (depression and anxiety) are highly prevalent, particularly in socio-economically adverse settings. These disorders are associated with substantial morbidity for moth...
Simone Honikman, MB ChB (UCT) MPhil-MCH (UCT)
Common Perinatal Mental Disorders: An Approach for the Maternal Health Care Provider
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 8/30/2022
CERP: 1
R-CERP: 1
R-CERP: 1
Understanding Resilience: Why a Preterm Needs Its Mother
Our latest understanding of developmental neuroscience is based understanding epigenes. These are influenced by the earliest environment encountered, as the switches make “predictive adaptive respon...
Dr. Nils Bergman, MB ChB, MPH, MD
Understanding Resilience: Why a Preterm Needs Its Mother
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 8/30/2022
CERP: 1
R-CERP: 1
R-CERP: 1
Zero Separation of Mother and Newborn: The Science Behind the Concept
The central dogma of all biological processes is based on DNA and genes, how these make proteins and specifically neurons, and how such neurons result in a brain producing behaviours, with the overrid...
Dr. Nils Bergman, MB ChB, MPH, MD
Zero Separation of Mother and Newborn: The Science Behind the Concept
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 8/30/2022
CERP: 1
R-CERP: 1
R-CERP: 1
