About The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)

Our Mission, Vision, and Values

Mission

Medical doctors educating and empowering health professionals to support and manage breastfeeding, lactation, and human milk feeding.

Vision

Healthier lives worldwide through excellence in the medical care of breastfeeding and lactation.

Values

• Inclusive: We bring together a global, multidisciplinary community of medical doctors and health professionals to inform practice and improve health.
• Collaborative: We create a collegial and inclusive environment.
• Evidence-Based: We curate, support, and share high quality research and innovative solutions. 
• Quality: We strive to ensure professionals are enabled to support and nurture families with safe and effective care.
• Global: We ensure that our resources and protocols are accessible and applicable worldwide.
• Discipline: Breastfeeding medicine is a medical discipline.

For more than 25 years, ABM has been bringing doctors together to provide evidence-based solutions to the challenges facing breastfeeding across the globe. A vast body of research has demonstrated significant nutritional, physiological, and psychological benefits for both mothers and children that last well beyond infancy. But while breastfeeding is the foundation of a lifetime of health and well-being, clinical practice lags behind scientific evidence.

By building on our legacy of research into this field and sharing it with the broader medical community, we can overcome barriers, influence health policies, and change behaviors.

Learn more about the principles by which we operate in our Strategic Plan, Code of Ethics, Core Competencies, and Bylaws. 

Watch our short video commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine and featuring interviews with leading physicians and leaders in global health.

Enjoy learning more about us HERE in our video.

We invite you to watch and share!