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Expanding exclusive Breastfeeding through BFHI: Highlights from the 8th Meeting of BFHI Coordinators and Focal Points in Industrialized Countries

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Linda Smith, MPH, IBCLC , Global Outreach, International Lactation Consultant Association, Morrisville,, NC
The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) has been called the most successful initiative that UNICEF has ever launched. Over 21,000 maternity facilities in 156 countries are now BFHI-designated hospitals. Approximately 40 nations comprise this Network and present reports of BFHI implementation, barriers and solutions, innovations and expansions of the 2009 Expansion of BFHI into other settings, and share detailed information on indicators, measurement tools, the International Code, and related topics. ILCA is a Non-governmental Organization affiliated with WHO and UNICEF and recently launched a BFHI Committee and is developing a central Web presence for BFHI issues. The 2014 meeting planners have asked ILCA to submit a report on ILCA's support for BFHI, which is the first time ILCA has been asked to do so. This presentation will summarize highlights from the 2014 and past BFHI Coordinators’ meetings.

Learning Areas:

Advocacy for health and health education
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines

Learning Objectives:
Describe the status of the BFHI in specific Industrial Countries. 2. Describe innovations and expansions of the BFHI beyond maternity hospital settings. 3. Describe barriers, solutions, and approaches to BFHI implementation at the national level in industrialized countries and former Soviet states.

Keyword(s): Breastfeeding, Sustainability

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant, long-time member of ILCA, and have represented ILCA to WHO/BFHI continuously since 2006. I am a consultant to Baby-Friendly USA.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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