What is BFHI ?
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Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
the criteria for having the license, the Official Plan of the hospital, the child include:
has the policy of breast-feeding to be written, which is normally on all health care workers can be done.
all employees of the department health care for the implementation of these policies should have the skills necessary seen.
all pregnant women about the benefits and advantages of breast-feeding know.
mothers to start breastfeeding within half an hour after the birth to help.
How to lactation and keep it to mothers show, even if it should be of your baby apart.
the babies, who were born any food or drink other than breastmilk, not even sips of water do not unless the doctor prescribed.
take care-inner child to, teach, etc., that allow mothers and babies to be 24 hours a day with each other.
feeding with a request to, taught and encouraged.
the babies any kind of pacifier, etc. Tate, or similar material, it will not be given.
at the time of hospital discharge, etc., to groups or centers, breastfeeding and support breastfeeding for any kind of help introduce.
This program also all the companies of commercial infant formula for the free sample foods is the successor or it barred.
between the years 1991 and 2005, about 15,000 Center, child to the world was active, and on behalf of the organization of Health Control, and authorization was given.