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The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative was developed by the WHO and UNICEF to recognize hospitals that provide optimal lactation support, with ten key practices including having a written breastfeeding policy, training staff, rooming in, and discouraging pacifiers.

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BFHI

The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative was developed by the WHO and UNICEF to recognize hospitals that provide optimal lactation support, with ten key practices including having a written breastfeeding policy, training staff, rooming in, and discouraging pacifiers.

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BABY FRIENDLY HOSPITAL INITIATIVE

In 1991, the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) was developed by the World Health
Organization (WHO) and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
(UNICEF) to recognize hospitals that provide optimal lactation support.

1. Have a written breastfeeding policy that is routinely communicated to all health care
staff. 

2. Train all health care staff in skills necessary to implement this policy (18 hours of formal
training are recommended).

3. Inform all pregnant women about the benefits and management of breastfeeding.

4. Help mothers initiate breastfeeding within  hour of birth.

5. Show mothers how to breastfeed and how to maintain lactation even if they are separated
from their infants.

6. Give newborn infants no food or drink other than breast milk, unless medically
indicated. 

7. Practice rooming in (i.e., allow mothers and infants to remain together) 24 hours a day.

8. Encourage unrestricted breastfeeding

9. Give no artificial teats or pacifiers (also called dummies or soothers ) to breastfeeding


infants.

10. Foster the establishment of breastfeeding support groups, and refer mothers to them on
discharge from the hospital or clinic

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