Abstract The 2018 implementation guidance for the Baby‐Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) recommends institutionalising the ten Steps through nine national responsibilities for universal...

Ensuring the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative practices through pre- and postnatal periods and preparing mothers to manage common breastfeeding problems might improve...

UNICEF and WHO launched the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative to encourage health facilities worldwide to better support breastfeeding. The initiative developed the following Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding to promote optimal clinical care for new mothers and their infants.

The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative is a global health promotion intervention that outlines the Ten Steps hospitals should implement to support newborns' breastfeeding.

The 2018 BFHI Implementation Guidance outlines nine key responsibilities of national leadership. As the WHO/UNICEF illustrate in the diagram below, national leadership and coordination is the first priority and at the center of all other activities.

Integrate the Ten Steps into relevant national policy documents and professional standards of care. Ensure the competency of health professionals and managers in implementation of the Ten Steps. Utilize external assessment systems to regularly evaluate adherence to the Ten Steps.

The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is a set of standards to protect, promote, and support optimal breastfeeding during the critical first hours and days while a mother-baby pair receives delivery and postnatal services in health facilities.

The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding are the broad framework that guide the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative. They were developed by a team of global experts and consist of evidence-based practices that have been shown to increase breastfeeding initiation and duration, and were updated in 2018.

The key documents that serve to guide the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative are Section 1: Background and Implementation - the guidelines for implementation of the Initiative that include initiation at the country and hospital levels, compliance with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, and approaches to expansion ...

Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative: Revised, Updated and Expanded for Integrated Care. 1. Explain what Baby-friend practices mean. 2. Describe the process of BFHI assessment. 3. Discuss how BFHI can be included in existing programmes. Activities are included in …