BFHI Guidance Archives - Baby-Friendly USA

Authors of Three-Paper Series in The Lancet Call for End to Exploitative Marketing of Formula

Jonathan Small — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 15:54:03 +0000

BFUSA would like to draw your attention to the excellent presentations and panel discussion which supported the launch of a three-paper series in The Lancet, in which the authors collectively argue that breastfeeding is a collective responsibility and needs to be effectively protected, promoted and supported. CLICK HERE TO VIEW A VIDEO OF THE Read more

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Baby-Friendly USA Releases Interim Guidelines and Evaluation Criteria

Jonathan Small — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 09:30:26 +0000

BFUSA is pleased to announce that we have released Interim Guidelines and Evaluation Criteria (GEC) for assessments taking place between February 1, 2020 and December 31, 2022. The Interim Guidelines infuse more flexibility into the current Evaluation Criteria for Step 7 (“Practice rooming in – allow mothers and infants to remain together 24 hours a Read more

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Update on the Revised BFHI Guidance (Continued)

Jonathan Small — Wed, 15 May 2019 16:15:16 +0000

Dear Colleagues, It’s been a year since we updated you on our plans for implementing the revised guidance for the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) provided by the WHO and UNICEF. At that time, we said that the process of evaluating and customizing the guidance for the US would take about two years. Since we are Read more

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Important Change to the Evaluation Criteria for Step 9, Criterion 9.1.2

Jonathan Small — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 15:19:16 +0000

BFUSA has decided to reinstate the 2010 criterion for Step 9, Criterion 9.1.2, and will maintain the standard we are currently assessing against for this criterion when we begin using the 2016 Guidelines and Evaluation Criteria (GEC) on November 1, 2018. The currently published version of the 2016 GEC contains the following language for Criterion 9.1.2: “Observations Read more

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Statement from Trish MacEnroe Regarding Revised BFHI Guidance

Jonathan Small — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 22:11:05 +0000

Dear Colleagues, By now I expect you have heard the news that, after several months of thoughtful and productive discussion, the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have released the revised implementation guidance for the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), including revisions to the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding framework. With this communication, we aim to answer Read more

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Statement from BFUSA and Others Regarding Revised BFHI Guidance

Jonathan Small — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 22:29:11 +0000

Dear Colleagues, After months of thoughtful and productive discussion with our five global breastfeeding promotion organizations, on April 11, 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released the final version of the Implementation Guidance: Protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services: the revised Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative Read more

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