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.
Lactation
Successes and Opportunities for Growth in Baby Friendly Hospital & Baby Tent Initiatives in Haiti: A Literature Review
Background: According to the World Health Organization, suboptimal breastfeeding contributes to 1.45 million deaths in developing countries. Haiti, the first black Republic has had various initiatives...
Marcda Hilaire, BA, MPH, CLC, IBCLC, RLC
Successes and Opportunities for Growth in Baby Friendly Hospital & Baby Tent Initiatives in Haiti: A Literature Review
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 0.5 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 11/07/2019
CERP: 0.5
L-CERP: 0.5
L-CERP: 0.5
Epigenetic Impact of Breastfeeding on Infant Stress Regulation
Classic animal studies have shown that maternal care of rat mothers e.g. licking and grooming and arched back nursing, impacts offspring outcomes such as behavior, development, and stress regulation. ...
Katheleen Hawes, PhD, APRN
Epigenetic Impact of Breastfeeding on Infant Stress Regulation
Presentations: 2 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 09/07/2021
CERP: 1
L-CERP: 1
L-CERP: 1
How To Enhance Breastfeeding A Lot: Engage Fathers
Breastfeeding programmes that engage fathers are more effective than ones that only involve mothers and professionals. This accords with research that has shown that family is the main influence on br...
Duncan Fisher, OBE
How To Enhance Breastfeeding A Lot: Engage Fathers
Presentations: 1 |
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) |
Viewing Time: 2 Weeks |
Added: 07/07/2022
CERP: 1
L-CERP: 1
L-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
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
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
Lactation Ethics (E-CERPs), Who Code (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
E-CERP: 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
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
R-CERP: 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
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
L-CERP: 1
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
Lactation Ethics (E-CERPs), Who Code (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, CLSP, CE, FILCA
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
Dietetics CEU: 1
Midwifery CEU: 0.1
E-CERP: 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
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
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
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
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
