To become "Baby Friendly"
The Designation Process...
Any hospital or health facility with maternity services that is interested in becoming “Baby-friendly” should - as a first step - appraise its current practices with regard to the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. A Self-Appraisal Tool has been developed by UNICEF and WHO for use by hospitals, maternity facilities, and other health facilities to evaluate how their current practices measure up to the Ten Steps, and how they practice other recommendations of the 1989 WHO/UNICEF Joint Statement titled Protecting, Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding: The Special Role of Maternity Services. It also assists facilities in determining how well they comply with the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent relevant World Health Assembly resolution, how well they support HIV-positive women and their infants, and whether they provide mother-friendly care.
In many cases, it is useful if the hospital decision-makers and policy-maker attend an orientation to the goals and objectives of the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), before the self appraisal. For enquiry, please feel free to contact us at bfhi@unicef.org.hk
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