Disaster can strike anytime and anywhere. Are you prepared to help our youngest and most vulnerable get the nutrition they need? Below you will find resources to help you prepare to support families and infant feeding in case of emergency.    

Sample Press Release - Are you in the midst of a disaster? Take this press release and make it specific to the disaster and area at hand and send to various news outlets.

What Can YOU Do Fact Sheet - developed by Julie Ware, MD, FAAP, Chief Chapter Breastfeeding Coordinator.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a new Fact Sheet titled, "Infant Nutrition During a Disaster: Breastfeeding and Other Options". Created by a subcommittee of Chapter Breastfeeding Coordinators and others, this fact sheet is intended to help pediatricians prepare BEFORE a disaster to support families IF and WHEN disaster strikes.

Click HERE to download the fact sheet. Please feel free to make copies and spread the word!

Disasters and Infant Feeding - PowerPoint presentation by Louisiana's Chapter Breastfeeding Coordinator (CBC), Diana Bienvenu, MD, FAAP. Please contact Dr. Bienvenu at dbienv1@lsuhsc.edu with any questions regarding her presentation.

Audio Recording
Listen to Dr. Diana Bienvenu's presentation, Disasters and Infant Feeding, as she presented it on a CBC teleconference held June 20, 2007. Additional presentations by Nancy Danoff, MD, FAAP, Washington CBC and Suzanne Haynes, PhD regarding best practices and workplace breastfeeding initiatives can also be heard on this recording.

**NOTE: This recording contains about 9 minutes and 20 seconds of hold music prior to the presentation.

Below you will find links to organizations whose national and local chapters can provide resources and/or assistance in times of emergency. Click on the name of the organization to be taken to its main Web page.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

American Public Health Association (APHA)

American Red Cross

Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT)

Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN)

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

La Leche League International (LLLI)

Salvation Army

Samaritan's Purse

United States Lacatation Consultant Association

United Way

WIC Breastfeeding Coordinators