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SAFE Team – Infant Feeding in Emergencies
SAFE Team - Infant Feeding in Emergencies
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      • Setting Up Local Infant and Young Child Feeding Emergency Preparedness
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      • Sanitation Kit Guide
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      • When Donated Milk Shows Up
      • Feeding Children 6 Months to 3 Years in an Emergency
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      • Why Every Family Needs a SAFE Infant Feeding Kit
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      • IYCF-E County Policy Adoption Toolkit
      • What to Bring to Your Next Advocacy Conversation
      • Clarifying SAFE’s Position on Donations in Emergencies
      • The International Code — What It Means for Your Response
      • Promoting IYCF-E As Our Climate Changes
      • Nourishing Resilience 11
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Clarifying SAFE’s Position on Donations in Emergencies: Global Guidance, U.S. Realities, and Our Harm-Reduction Approach

Guidance, Harm-Reduction / Ty Troped

During emergencies, communities across the United States mobilize quickly. People want to help, and one of the most common impulses is to donate supplies — everything from diapers and wipes […]

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Mapping the Ripples: How SAFE Team Work Creates Lasting Change

News, Research / The Safe Team

This time-lapse video captures the creation of the Ripple Effects Mapping illustration developed with the NCBfC SAFE Team. The image highlights the wide-ranging impact of the team’s work on safe

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The IYCF-E Research Repository

Research / The Safe Team

Our mission is to ensure that every baby can be safely fed during a crisis. Whether the emergency is a hurricane, wildfire, flood, or man-made disaster, families with infants face

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Healing After Disaster: Duke Experts on Mental Health and Resilience

News / The Safe Team

Healing After Disaster: Duke Experts on Mental Health and Resilience Shared with us by Dr. Aunchalee Palmquist, this Duke Today feature explores how disasters like Hurricane Helene impact both mind

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Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsorship / The Safe Team

Why Sponsor the SAFE Team & IYCF-E Training? Founded in response to Hurricane Helene in September 2024, the SAFE Team was created to address a dangerous gap in disaster response: the lack of

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When the Storm Hits: Why Every Family Needs a SAFE Infant Feeding Kit

Public Spotlights / The Safe Team

When a hurricane, flood, or power outage strikes, families with infants and toddlers face urgent and unique risks. Clean water may be unavailable. Power outages may render breast pumps, refrigerators,

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Upcoming Events

  • Aug1
    August 1 - August 7 World Breastfeeding Week
  • Aug4
    1:00 pm - 2:30 pm SAFE Support and Strategic Core (S3C)
  • Sep28
    10:00 am - 11:30 am Training for Durham Home Visitors
  • Oct1
    3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Presenting at the North Carolina Public Health Association Conference
  • Oct10
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Presenting at the Appalachian Breastfeeding Conference
  • Oct14
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm USBC Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Constellation
  • Oct26
    All day Poster at the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative Summit
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