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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)
​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)

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) ​
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)
​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)