Expansion of the Human Milk Bank activities at the Municipality of Guarulhos consolidating breastfeeding work at the municipality and cities of the Alto Tietê

Abstract

The paper shows the trajectory of a medical equipment that was conceived within a municipal maternity to meet an internal demand, and that over a period of 14 years has been strengthening, expanding its activities in the municipality itself and extending them to neighboring cities. The Human Milk Bank of Guarulhos was consecrated as a referral center for breastfeeding in Guarulhos and the municipalities of Alto Tietê, believing that the practice and promotion of breastfeeding may help reverse the worst social, economic and environmental indicators. Working with technique, dedication, integrity, persistence, humanization of care and establishing partnerships with several related services and activities such as the municipal core of the Millennium Development Goals.