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2020


CHAMPS Safety Training (Train-the-Trainer) Presentation at the 2020 ILCA Conference (September 2020)
Ocean Springs Hospital is Baby-Friendly!
(August 2020)
​Mississippi Breastfeeding Rates on the Rise! (August 2020)
CHAMPS Announces New Q&A Forum (July 2020)
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport is Baby-Friendly! (July 2020)
CHEER's Message of Support for Black Communities (June 2020)
CHAMPS Launches COVID-19 Response Webinar Series (April 2020)
 Shelter in Place-Room In! (March 2020)
NMMC Gilmore-Amory Becomes Baby-Friendly Bringing MS to 60% Births at Designated Hospitals (March 2020)
CHAMPS COVID-19 Response (March 2020)
CHEERING Creates COVID-19 Resources for Refugee Populations  (March 2020)
 NMMC Tupelo Earns Baby-Friendly Designation  (March 2020) 
CHAMPS Selected for One of Only Three Podium Presentations at AWHONN South Conference!  (February 2020)
CHAMPS Receives RWJ Foundation Grant! (February 2020)

2019


Norton Sound Regional Hospital Joins the Ranks of Baby-Friendly Hospitals (December 2019)
Over 50% of Mississippi Births are in Baby-Friendly Hospitals! (December 2019)
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Receives Baby-Friendly Designation (December 2019)
Baby-Friendly Announces Merit Health Biloxi's Designation (December 2019)
Highland Community Hospital is Baby-Friendly (November 2019)
CHEER Presented at the 2019 Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) Conference (October 2019)
Anderson Regional Medical Center is Baby-Friendly Designated! (September 2019)
Merit Health Madison Hospital Announces Baby-Friendly Designation (September 2019)
CHEER and the Chippewa Cree Tribe Finalize the Rocky Boy's Community Health Assessment (August 2019)
CHEER Featured in Boston Medical Center Article! (August 2019)
CHEER Wins WABA Seed Grant (August 2019)
CHAMPS Launches Breastfeeding Inter-professional Education (IPE) with UMMC (June 2019)
Alaska Native Medical Center Announces Baby-Friendly Designation ​(May 2019)
Merit Health River Oaks Hospital Awarded IBCLC Care Award (May 2019)
UMMC's John D. Bower School of Population Health Cohort Selected for Graduate Scholars Program ​(April 2019)
CHEER Launches 'CHEER in Greece' (CHEERING)! (April 2019)
Community Health Systems Names CHAMPS Hospital Leads as Employees of the Year (February 2019)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County Announces Baby-Friendly Designation (February 2019)
King's Daughters Medical Center Announces Baby-Friendly Designation (February 2019)
​Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Announces Baby-Friendly Designation (February 2019)
CHEER becomes National Voting Member of the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) (February 2019)
Publication: Improved Maternity Practices Decrease Racial Gaps in Breastfeeding in the U.S. South (January 2019)
CHAMPS Receives New Bower Foundation Grant to promote sustainability in Baby-Friendly MS Hospitals (January 2019) ​​

2018


Dr Kimarie Bugg Receives 2018 CHEER Lifetime Achievement Award! (December 2018) ​​
Merit Health River Oaks Hospital Announces Baby-Friendly Designation (October 2018) ​​
St. Tammany Parish Hospital Announces Baby-Friendly Designation (October 2018) ​​
Merit Health Woman's Hospital Announces Baby-Friendly Designation (October 2018) ​​
Ochsner Medical Centers, Kenner and West Bank Campus, Announce Baby-Friendly Designation (September 2018)
Rocky Boy's CHA: A Successful Health Priorities Meeting! (August 2018)
CHAMPS At USBC's National Breastfeeding Coalitions Conference (August 2018)
Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi Announces Baby-Friendly Designation (August 2018)
ROSE 7th Annual Breastfeeding and Equity Summit (August 2018)
Touro Announces Baby-Friendly Designation (July 2018)
CHAMPS South's Saint Francis-Bartlett Hospital Receives Baby-Friendly Designation (June 2018) ​​
CHEER Awards 2017 Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award to Suzanne Haynes, PhD! ​(February 2018) ​​
CHAMPS South's The Children's Hospital of San Antonio Achieves Baby-Friendly Designation ​(February 2018) ​

2017


CHEER Hosts Essay Contest (December 2017) ​​
CHEER Launches Indigenous Breastfeeding Counselor Training​ (September 2017) ​
Chippewa Cree Tribe Increases Support for Breastfeeding (September 2017) ​
CHAMPS Director Dr. Anne Merewood Presents Webinar for Mississippi Rural Health Association! (September 2017)
CHEER receives $497,998 award from Bower Foundation to support MS Birthing Hospitals (August 2017)
CHAMPS South Hospital William Beaumont Army Medical Center Produces Patient Care Video! (August 2017) ​
Lori Feldman-Winter wins CHAMPS Wednesday Webinar Step by Step: Safe Implementation of Skin-to-Skin! (July 2017) 
CHEER Makes the News! System-based approach reduces racial disparities in breastfeeding (July 2017) 
CHEER Receives IHS Funding Contract - see website (May 2017)
New Funding for CHAMPS in Mississippi! (May 2017)
The Center for Health Equity, Education, & Research Launches at Boston Medical Center (May 2017)
From Plans to Action: Prevention and Support for Pregnant Blackfeet Women Using Opioids (May 2017)
Blackfeet Nation Breastfeeding Sign Unveiling (May 2017)
CHAMPS Consultant Camie Goldhammer in Action and Featured in the News! (May 2017)
Congrats to Chickasaw Nation Medical Center on Becoming Baby-Friendly!  (May 2017)
CHAMPS NOLA Baby Café Westbank Launches (April 2017)
CHAMPS NOLA Baby Café Westbank Opens May 2, 2017 (April 2017)
Blackfeet Tribal Health Department Releases Community Health Assessment (April 2017)
CHAMPS Consultant Camie Goldhammer in Action and Featured in the News - again! (April 2017)

2016


CHAMPS Mississippi Conference 2016 Interactive Agenda (November 2016)
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Hosts National Health Experts in Support of Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (November 2016)
CHAMPS Celebrates 1,000 Bag-Free Birth Facilities! (October 2016)
CHAMPS Project Director, Dr. Anne Merewood, presents webinar for CDC-USBC on October 11th (October 2016)
CHAMPS Visits Alaska! (September 2016)
CHAMPS Receives Award at International Pediatric Association Conference! (August 2016)
CHAMPS Physician Lead, Dr. Lori Feldman-Winter, Publishes Paper in Pediatrics on Safe Skin-to-Skin and Rooming-in (August 2016)
Press Release: Louisiana's First Baby Cafe opens in New Orleans!  (June 2016)
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Louisiana's FIRST Baby Café™ to open in New Orleans! (May 2016)
First AI/AN CHAMPS Breastfeeding Training Held at Blackfeet Community College (May 2016)
Tsehootsooi Medical Center in Fort Defiance, Arizona is the first in the state and Navajo Nation to get "Baby Cafe" status! (May 2016)
Mississippi’s First Baby Café™ for Breastfeeding and Pregnant Women to Open in the Delta! (April 2016)
​Anderson Regional Medical Center's Skin-to-Skin Billboards (March 2016)
​Reclaiming Breastfeeding in Indian Country! (March 2016)
CHAMPS Hospital Performs its First Skin-to-Skin Contact after Cesarean Delivery  (March 2016)
​Rebuttal to Dr. Amy Tuteur Regarding Time Editorial (March 2016)
​First ROSE Baby Café Established in Atlanta, Georgia (February 2016)

2015


CHAMPS Hospital Receives Human Milk from the Mothers' Milk Bank of Mississippi (December 2015)
William Beaumont Pushing for Baby-Friendly Accreditation (December 2015)
Bringing Baby-Friendly to the Indian Health Service: A Systemwide Approach to Implementation (October 2015)
All Indian Health Service Birthing Hospitals Achieve Baby-Friendly Designation (January 2015)

2014


A healthy start for all New Mexico families through baby-friendly practices (2014)
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  • Home
  • About
    • Our Mission
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    • Mississippi CHAMPS
    • COVID-19 >
      • For MCH Providers >
        • National/International Guidance
        • Hospital/Provider Experiences
      • For Families with Babies
      • CHAMPS COVID-19 Response
      • COVID-19 and MCH Research
    • RWJ Healthy Eating Research
    • Trainings, Webinars & Conferences
  • Past Projects
    • AI/AN Health >
      • AI/AN CHAMPS
      • MSPI/DVPI Technical Assistance
      • CHAs and CHIPs >
        • Blackfeet Community Health Assessment
        • Northern Cheyenne Community Health Assessment
        • Rocky Boy's Community Health Assessment
        • Blackfeet Community Health Improvement Plan
      • Indigenous Breastfeeding Counselor Course
    • CHAMPS South
  • CHEERING
    • CHEERing: CHEER International - Greece >
      • CHEER Greece: Refugees >
        • Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies
        • Infant Feeding Data in Athens
        • Camp Mapping
  • News
    • News from CHEER
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  • Resources
    • IYCFE Resources
    • Breastfeeding/Baby-Friendly Resources >
      • Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
      • Current Research
      • Useful Websites
      • Policy Statements & Position Papers
      • Training for Healthcare Professionals
      • Patient Education Materials
      • Breastfeeding in the Workplace
      • Breastfeeding and the Law
      • Ban the Bags
    • Breastfeeding in Scripture
    • Our Publications
  • Champions
    • Lifetime Achievement Awards