Background
Naomi Baumslag was born on July 19, 1934, in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, into the family of Kalman and Braine (Ginsburg) Baumslag.
Naomi Baumslag obtained her Doctor of Medicine degree in 1958 at the Witwatersrand University Medical School, Johannesburg.
Naomi Baumslag obtained her Master of Public Health at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, in 1976.
Naomi Baumslag obtained her Master of Public Health at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, in 1976.
Naomi Baumslag obtained her Doctor of Medicine degree in 1958 at the Witwatersrand University Medical School, Johannesburg.
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Naomi Baumslag was born on July 19, 1934, in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, into the family of Kalman and Braine (Ginsburg) Baumslag.
Naomi Baumslag obtained her Doctor of Medicine degree in 1958 at the Witwatersrand University Medical School, Johannesburg and her Master of Public Health at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, in 1976.
Pediatrician Naomi Baumslag is one of the authors of the controversial 1995 book "Milk, Money, and Madness: The Culture and Politics of Breastfeeding." In their book, Baumslag and Dia L. Michels present a comprehensive history of breastfeeding, the health benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and child, breastfeeding practices in other countries, and a comparison of breastmilk to artificial formula. Using detailed research augmented with charts, tables, and appendices, the authors argue strongly for the practice of breastfeeding over bottlefeeding.
Sharon Lieberman, writing for the Women's Review of Books, said the strength of the work was its argument that “formula cannot equal the immunological and nutritional benefits of human milk.” She also commended the authors’ sensible entitlement policy recommendations, such as workplace support for breastfeeding workers. Lieberman, however, found the book to be “doctrinaire” in the forcefulness of some its arguments, articulating one of the reasons for the controversy surrounding Baumslag's subject.
In an interview with Amazon.com, Baumslag related, “I never planned on being a writer. As a public health pediatrician I felt compelled to write about the things I saw; how breastfeeding has been eroded and is becoming ‘abnormal.’” Baumslag added, “I wrote this book to show how profit can undermine public health and why women have a right to breastfeed.”
Dr Baumslag worked in clinics in South African townships and in the United States for under-served populations. She has written 15 books and over 150 journal articles. She has extensively researched the relationship of health professionals and human rights both during the holocaust and in apartheid South Africa and served on national and international human rights committees. Dr. Baumslag lectures widely both nationally and internationally.
Baumslag focuses almost exclusively on the Jewish ghettos and Nazi camps, only occasionally mentioning typhus outbreaks and treatment among Russian POWs, German soldiers and occupied populations.
Nancy now lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with her husband, Ralph. They have three children, Victor, Barry, and Ruth.
