Every year World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated in Croatia, and to commemorate this year’s theme ‘Sustaining breastfeeding together’, Cochrane Croatia took on the challenge of translating Cochrane’s Special Breastfeeding Collection (see here). 

Volunteers from Cochrane Croatia and their partner organization, Croatia Association of Lactation Consultants, translated all 19 Cochrane Plain Language Summaries in the ‘Enabling breastfeeding for mothers and babies’ Special Collection. Topics covered include ‘Support for breastfeeding women’, ‘Treatment of breastfeeding problems’ and ‘Feeding practices for preterm babies/babies with additional needs. 

To raise awareness of the availability of translated Cochrane evidence, Cochrane Croatia Co-Director, Irena Zakarija-Grković, presented Cochrane’s Special Breastfeeding Collection to over 120 health professionals at the 5th Annual Croatian Breastfeeding Symposium, held recently in Zagreb, in addition to the maternity staff of the University Hospital of Split.