Story: Medela - UWA
Episode: 5
Presenter: Deborah Kennedy
Air Date: 5th May 2024

Transforming scientific knowledge into compassionate care, dedicatedly nurturing health for generations to come.

• Medela and UWA have established a long-term research relationship for over 25 years of continuous funding that has provided ground-breaking research that has been integrated into novel products and services for breastfeeding mothers and their babies.
• Collaborating with Medela, a family-owned company with a strong commitment to research, UWA has shared a vision of supporting breastfeeding mothers through evidence-based practice.
• Together, they have developed innovative tools and technologies, including an advanced vacuum pump technology that mimics a baby's natural sucking patterns.
• This collaboration has resulted in over 200 publications and has contributed to a better understanding of breastfeeding, lactation anatomy, milk flow, and composition, benefiting millions of mothers and babies worldwide.
• In 2023 alone, over 14 million mothers and babies were supported by the impact of this partnership.

For more information, head to:
www.medela.com