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Offering an oasis for breast-feeding mothers, on UAA's campus

 |  Tracy Kalytiak and Kirstin Olmstead  | 

UAA's Dr. Corrie Whitmore led a team of faculty, staff and students in applying for a grant that brought a $15,000 Mamava lactation pod to the UAA Student Union. Now, nursing mothers will have a private, dedicated space on campus to feed their children or pump breast milk.

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UAA lactation pod will support breast-feeding mothers

 |  Michelle Saport  | 

Nursing mothers at the ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ now have a dedicated, private space to feed their babies or pump breast milk. The ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Division of Public Health awarded a group of UAA faculty, staff and students an ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Workplace Breastfeeding Support Project grant through its section of Women's, Children's and Family Health. The project aims to help ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ organizations implement workplace policies and spaces to accommodate breast-feeding mothers.