Useful Links
1. World Health Organization (WHO) / UNICEF
- Protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services: the revised Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative 2018
- Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding: the baby-friendly hospital initiative for small, sick and preterm newborns (2020)
- Intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience (2018)
- Health Topic – Breastfeeding
- Documents on Infant feeding / breastfeeding listed by year of publication
- Early initiation of breastfeeding
- e-library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions on Exclusive breastfeeding
- Nutrition – The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
- BFHI training materials on country level implementation
- Breastfeeding research archive by UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative UK
- Ten steps to Successful Breastfeeding (revised 2018)
2. Breast crawl
- Videos, text description and scientific evidence on breast crawl, the process of early initiation of breastfeeding putting babies in skin-to-skin contact with their mothers immediately after birth as recommended by UNICEF, WHO, WABA and the scientific community.
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Other supporting organizations
- World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA)
- International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners
- International Lactation Consultant Association
Local contacts
- HKSAR Department of Health
- Family Health Service, Department of Health
- The Hospital Authority
- Hong Kong Midwives Association
Training materials and recommended books
Title: Breastfeeding counselling: a training course – Director’s guide, trainer’s guide and participants’ guide
Authors: World Health Organization; UNICEF
Publication date: 1993
Languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish
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Title: Breastfeeding Management for the Clinician: Using the Evidence
Author: Marsha Walker
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers; 4th edition (21 June 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 128409104X ISBN-13: 978-1284091045
Title: The Core Curriculum for Lactation Consultant Practice
Authors: International Lactation Consultant Association
Editors: Rebecca Mannel, Patricia J. Martens & Marsha Walker
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers; 3rd edition (1 October 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0763798797 ISBN-13: 978-0763798796
Title: Counseling the Nursing Mother: A Lactation Consultant's Guide
Authors: Judith Lauwers & Anna Swisher
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers; 6th edition (27 July 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 128405263X ISBN-13: 978-1284052633
Title: Facts for Life (4th edition)
Authors: UNICEF, WHO, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNDP, UNAIDS, WFP and the World Bank (2010)
Publication date: 2010
Languages: English, French, Spanish
ISBN: 9789280644661
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Title: Infant and young child feeding: Model Chapter for textbooks for medical students and allied health professionals
Authors: World Health Organization (WHO)
Publication date: 2009
Languages: English, Spanish
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Title: Medications and Mothers Milk: A Manual of Lactational Pharmacology
Author: Thomas W.Hale, Ph.D.
Publisher: Pharmasoft Medical Publishing; 15th edition (2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0984774637 ISBN-13: 978-0984774630
Title: Self Learning Kit on Breastfeeding for Health Professionals
Producer: Department of Health HKSAR (Nov, 2011)
Title: Wellstart’s Lactation Management Self-Study Modules, Level 1. (Revised 4th edition, 2014)
Producer: Wellstart International
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