This issue introduces the Breastfeeding strategy for Northern Ireland, its aims and objectives and some of the people involved in helping to implement it.

It reports on the first regional breastfeeding conference and outlines research into breastfeeding, including the findings of the 2000 Infant feeding survey, the latest in a series of surveys carried out every five years in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The newsletter also highlights the initiatives which took place to support National Breastfeeding Awareness Week in 2002, and provides details of forthcoming conferences and seminars on breastfeeding.