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History
To
give every baby the best start in life, the
World Health Organization (WHO) and the United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) launched the
Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative in 1991,
aiming at removing the barriers to breastfeeding
in the health facilities. The idea of baby
friendly hospital is to focus on the needs of
the breastfeeding mother and her newborn. To be
accredited as Baby Friendly Hospital, hospitals
and maternity centres need to abide to all the
Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding developed
by WHO and UNICEF.
.jpg) About the
AssociationIn
1992, the Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF formed
the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Committee
in order to promote and support breastfeeding in
Hong Kong. This Committee has been organizing
activities for the World Breastfeeding Week in
Hong Kong. With the increasing support given by
local maternity hospitals and health centres,
the Committee was registered as the Baby
Friendly Hospital Initiative Hong Kong
Association in June 1994 aimed at promoting
breastfeeding and protecting infant
health.
We are committed to creating a
healthcare environment that enables mothers,
families and other caregivers to make informed
decisions about optimal infant
feeding.
- To
promote breastfeeding to the general
public
- To
support all the breastfeeding activities in Hong
Kong
- To
protect the right of breastfeeding, and to
monitor and report cases of violations to the
International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk
Substitutes in Hong Kong
- To
encourage all hospitals with maternity units to
become “baby-friendly”
- To
cultivate a positive attitude towards
breastfeeding in Hong Kong
Our
Goals
- To
arouse public awareness of the rights of women
to breastfeed.
- To
educate the entire community on the benefits of
breastfeeding so that it creates an on-going
culture to accept and support breastfeeding.
- To
provide training for health care professionals
and talks for interested laymen.
- To
advocate the annual World Breastfeeding Week
(1-7 August).
- To
make recommendations to the Government for
providing a good environment for breastfeeding
through legislation and policies.
- To
ensure adequate television and other mass media
coverage of the promotion of breastfeeding in
Hong Kong.
- To
contact, co-ordinate with the Hong Kong
Government and other organisations for the
promotion of breastfeeding.
- To
organise activities and programmes for promoting
breastfeeding in Hong Kong.
Members &
Committee
Breastfeeding
Ambassador
Dr. Lee Lai
Shan BBS
Honorary
Patron: Ms. Sophia Kao Ching-chi,
JP
Executive Committee
2009
Dr. Patricia Ip
(Chairperson)
Dr. H K Wong
(Vice-Chairperson)
Dr. Vivian Taam
Wong(Vice-Chairperson)
Ms. Christine Lam
(Hon.
Treasurer)
Dr. Alex
Chan
Dr. C B
Chow
Mrs.
Corina
Wong
Dr. Maggie
Koong
Prof. N K
Leung
Dr. Tony
Nelson
Working Group
2009
Dr. Patricia Ip
Dr.
Constancia Wu (BFHI Honorary
Consultant)
Dr. Tony Nelson
Dr.
Vivian Taam Wong
Ms. Christine Lam
Ms.
Dorothy Chan
Membership
We have two types of membership,
Annual Members and Life Members. Most of our
current members are healthcare workers and
individuals who support breastfeeding. Every
year, members receive our Baby Friendly
Newsletter, the latest news of our training
courses, seminars and press conference.
We need your
support. If you are interested in
joining us to protect, promote and support
breastfeeding together, you are very much
welcomed to register as our
members.
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