Baby friendly hospital

Baby friendly hospital

Baby friendly hospital

The program was launched in 1992 by UNICEF & WHO with an abjective to reestablish the superiority of breast feeding in order to protect the newborn's health by becoming baby friendly.

Following steps are included:
1. Written breast feeding policy
2. Entire staff must be trained to implement the policy
3. Inform all pregnant women about benefits of breast feeding
4. Mothers should be helped to initiate breast feeding within half hour of birth
5. Mothers are shown the best way to breast feed.
6. Unless medically indicated, the newborn should be given no other food or drink other than breast milk.
7. To practice 'rooming in' by allowing mothers & babies to remain together for 24 hours.
8. To encourage demand breast feeding.
9. No artificial teats should be given.
10. Breast feeding support groups established & mothers referred to them on discharge.
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