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Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative

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WHO recommendations on maternal & newborn care

WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience

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English (PDF, 1 MB)

Infant and young child feeding counselling

Impact of feeding practices on the nutritional status, growth, development, health and survival of infants and young children

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English (PDF, 766 KB)

Two women in colourful dresses sitting outside a brick building, one woman breastfeeding a baby

Counselling women to improve breastfeeding practices

Recognizing the important approach to improving global breastfeeding practices

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English (PDF, 2 MB)

BFHI for small, sick and preterm newborns

BFHI for small, sick and preterm newborns

This document addresses the application of the BFHI principles for small, sick, and premature newborns and their mothers in neonatal wards.

BFHi training course for maternity staff

BFHI training course for maternity staff

The materials in this training course complement existing courses and can be used as part of the pre-service education of health workers.

Competency verification toolkit

Competency verification toolkit

This guide presents a comprehensive competency verification toolkit to assess staff competency in implement the Ten Steps.

Code FAQ for health workers

Code FAQ for health workers

This FAQ document aims to provide health workers with information on their specific roles and responsibilities in protecting breastfeeding.

Implementing the baby-friendly hospital initiative

01 January 2019

Advocacy guidance brief: BFHI

This document is one of seven briefs that provide guidance and resources to stakeholders on how to advocate for the Collective’s 7 policy actions.

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Advocacy Guidance Brief (PDF, 494 KB)

Capture the Moment

01 January 2018

Capture the Moment: Early initiation of breastfeeding

This joint report presents the global situation of early initiation of breastfeeding and describes trends over the past ten years.

Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

01 January 2018

Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

The Ten Steps summarize a package of policies & procedures that facilities providing maternity & newborn services should implement to support breastfeeding.