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  • Home
  • Membership
  • Service Directory
  • Member Engagement
    • ALPI Mentorship Project
  • Lactation Education
    • ALPI Meet Ups
    • Begin Ed India's Online Lactation Courses
    • Online Clinical Lactation Program (OLCP)
    • India's Online Lactation Conference
  • Lactation Qualifications
  • Team ALPI
  • ALPI History
  • Resources
    • Info Sheets for LP
    • ALPI Scope of Practice
    • ALPI Code
    • Articles
    • BF Resource Sheets
    • ALPI Blog
    • COVID-19
  • ALPI's Mission
    • Providing
    • Promoting
    • Protecting
    • Partnering
  • Contact
  • Lactation Professional/ Lactation Consultant
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Building india's Association of
​Lactation Professionals

ALPI Members Supporting Families

Lactation Professionals include Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs), Certified Lactation Professionals, Lactation Counselors and other recognized certifications with both lactation coursework and clinical lactation experience.
Are you having breastfeeding challenges or lactation issues?
Need to book an appointment with a ​Lactation Professional?

Find a Lactation Professional in your city or region to receive
​excellent skilled lactation care and support in all time periods.

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ALPI Updates

ALPI Member Meetup May 2025 

Thursday, May 22, 2025
​6:00 – 7:00pm
Registrations Opening Soon!

Missed previous ALPI Meetup? Contact us to get the recording at [email protected] (Only for ALPI Members)

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A word from
​ALPI's
​Executive Team

Who is ALPI?

ALPI  is a national association of professionals who provide skilled lactation care by:
  • Empowering women, children, parents and families to the best start through evidenced based education, training and skilled lactation support.
  • Partnering locally, nationally and globally to remove the barriers from breastfeeding in various settings.​​
  • Working both locally and nationally in communities across India.
ALPI's Mission
Working together as a socially-focused lactation association to...
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Provide​​
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Promote
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Protect​​
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Partner
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What are ALPI's values?

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What does ALPI do?
ALPI's Programs and Projects

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PROVIDING

Providing knowledgeable and competent support to families through skilled lactation care
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PROMOTING

Promoting ALPI's mission and values; the lactation field through public awareness and continued professional education and training
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PROTECTING

Protecting breastfeeding through evidence-based lactation initiatives, standards, policies and monitoring WHO Code/ IMS Act for lactation professionals in India
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PARTNERING

Partnering
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with other breastfeeding-focused organizations, both locally and internationally


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ALPI Membership
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Lactation Professionals provide skilled lactation care and support to families through the perinatal time period. LPs work in various community settings with a referral based support team** and do not provide medical services, treatment, prescription or diagnosis unless their primary degree permits this (ie: doctors, pediatricians, OB/ Gynacs, etc).

**Referral based support teams may include doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, dentists, psychologists, speech and language pathologists, occupational therapists, and others professions.

Lactation Professionals include Lactation Consultants (IBCLC), Certified Lactation Professionals, Lactation Counselors and other recognized certifications with both lactation coursework and clinical lactation experience.

ALPI History

You can review ALPI's history, from the beginnings in 2016.  We are growing in members and impact across India, supporting families with skilled lactation care.
ALPI History
ALPI Meetups


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​ALPI Founding Members
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Established Aug 2016
Celebrating 8 YEARS of ALPI!!




​Dr. Shacchee Baweja, Delhi (IBCLC/ Lactation Consultant, MBBS, DCH, IYCF/ CS)
Camilla Conti, Noida (IBCLC/ Lactation Consultant, CCE, MIPA, MA)
Dr. Priya Shashank, Ludhiana (IBCLC/ Lactation Consultant, BAMS, MHA, IYCF/ CS, CCE)
Dana Hardy, ​Dehradun (IBCLC/ Lactation Consultant, BSc/RN, MA, CCE, IYCF/ CS)

Contact us...We would love to hear from you!


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