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Hospital's Breast-Feeding Success Story
9 October 2001
By John O'Neil
The percentage of mothers who breast-fed their newborns jumped at a Boston hospital when it introduced a 10-step plan that had been widely used overseas to encourage breast-feeding and cut down on formula use, according to a new study in the journal Pediatrics.
Health experts say breast milk is the best food for most infants. The article described the efforts of Boston Medical Center to adopt the guidelines set by the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, a campaign begun in 1991 by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund. More than 31,000 sites worldwide have qualified for the "Baby Friendly" designation by successfully adopting 10 rules that focus on training of staff, pregnant women and new mothers; encouraging breast-feeding through steps like keeping babies in their mothers' rooms; and discouraging bottle feeding and the use of pacifiers.
Copyright 2001 The New York Times Company
For the Full Article, go to:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/09/health/children/09PATT.html
For UNICEF's Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative news, go to:
http://www.unicef.org/bfhi/
category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Andrea Welch on 9 October 2001
North America : United States
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