Sentences with phrase «achieve exclusive breastfeeding»

Despite being presented data on the complications caused by allowing newborns to fast for days to achieve exclusive breastfeeding, they declined our offer to help make the guidelines safer and more ethical.

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The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for babies in the first six months to achieve optimal growth, development and health.

Although not directly comparable, our findings are in broad agreement with those from routine data in Scotland that have indicated a positive association between Baby Friendly accreditation, but not certification, and breastfeeding at 1 week of age.17 Our findings reinforce those of Coutinho and colleagues who reported that high exclusive breastfeeding rates achieved in Brazilian hospitals implementing staff training with the course content of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative were short - lived and not sustained at home unless implemented in combination with post-natal home visits.35 Similarly in Italy, training of staff with an adapted version of the Baby Friendly course content resulted in high breastfeeding rates at discharge, with a rapid decrease in the days after leaving hospital.36 In contrast, a cluster randomized trial in Belarus (PROBIT) found an association between an intervention modelled on the Baby Friendly Initiative with an increased duration of breastfeeding37 an association also reported from an observational study in Germany.38 Mothers in Belarus stay in hospital post-partum for 6 — 7 days, and in Germany for 5 days, with post-natal support likely to be particularly important in countries where mothers stay in the hospital for a shorter time, with early discharge likely to limit the influence of a hospital - based intervention.

To achieve BFHI accreditation, health facilities must demonstrate a rate of at least 75 % exclusive breastfeeding among mothers at discharge, adherence to the International Code of Marketing Breast - milk Substitutes and successful implementation of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, as defined by the joint WHO / UNICEF statement, «Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding: The special role of maternity services», which state that every facility providing maternity services and care for newborn inbreastfeeding among mothers at discharge, adherence to the International Code of Marketing Breast - milk Substitutes and successful implementation of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, as defined by the joint WHO / UNICEF statement, «Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding: The special role of maternity services», which state that every facility providing maternity services and care for newborn inBreastfeeding, as defined by the joint WHO / UNICEF statement, «Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding: The special role of maternity services», which state that every facility providing maternity services and care for newborn inbreastfeeding: The special role of maternity services», which state that every facility providing maternity services and care for newborn infants should:

This increase in exclusive breastfeeding was achieved by substantial reductions in the provision of water, tea, and formula.

To achieve the Comprehensive Implementation Plan on Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition's target on exclusive breastfeeding, it is important to strengthen the adoption, monitoring and enforcement of national legislation in full compliance with the International Code of Marketing of Breast - milk Substitutes and all relevant subsequent World Health Assembly Resolutions (Code).