Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute

Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI) delivers sound, evidence-based, equitable, and inclusive lactation support locally and globally through education, training, and action-oriented research. We advocate through the translation and implementation of practice-based research, train and partner with health care, early care and education, public health, community and lactation leaders, and support resource development to comprehensively advance health equity.

CGBI is housed in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. We work on multiple grant-funded initiatives to protect, promote and support breastfeeding, and we’re home to an accredited graduate training program for lactation consultants (IBLCE Pathway 2). CGBI serves as technical breastfeeding content experts for domestic and global projects, providing consulting, education and training for health professionals.