WELCOME!
The Ohio Breastfeeding Alliance (OBA) welcomes mothers/families, professionals, researchers, business owners and all who share our vision to improve the health of Ohio’s citizens by promoting, supporting and protecting breastfeeding in our progressive state.
We invite you to work collaboratively with us to create breastfeeding-friendly communities throughout Ohio that exceed United States Healthy People goals for breastfeeding initiation, exclusivity and duration.
Our hope is to provide a website that offers the resources and tools you need to promote, support and protect breastfeeding in your Ohio community.
Enjoy your visit… but please return soon (and often) for updated news, events, OBA member information, plus details about upcoming OBA meetings.
- Ohio Breastfeeding Alliance/ Ohio's Statewide Breastfeeding Coalition
Click here to download and open a membership form.
Our statewide coalition here in Ohio has been busy .
Ohio had 15 in attendance at the recent United States Breastfeeding Committee meeting held January 23-26 in Washington DC.
We sent 6 members to Capital Hill to speak with legislators about the Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2009. Members met with Senator Voinovich's office (R), Senator Sherrod Brown's Office (D), Rep. Jean Schmidt's Office (R), and Rep. Mike Turner's Office. What a great day!
OBA Members Napiera Loveless and Karen Gromada recently completed the MamaToToMatema web page.
MamaToToMatema (MTM), a Task Force project of the Ohio Breastfeeding Alliance, is committed to increasing breastfeeding rates among African American families, which ultimately will improve the physical and mental health of the entire population. Our goal is to create breastfeeding-friendly African American communities by teaching healthcare, organization or agency, church and other community leaders how they can promote breastfeeding and support new mothers. By sharing optimal breastfeeding “how-to” practices with them, MTM provides the knowledge and support needed by the people new mothers turn to for breastfeeding information and support.
check us out at: http://mamatotomatema.com/
