The 2012 Baby Friendly Initiative Annual Conference will take place on 5-6 December in Cardiff.
UNICEF UK has developed an online training package to provide GPs with all the information they require to support mothers.
This new leaflet, endorsed by the RCM and FSID, is designed to offer helpful, practical advice on coping at night.
A generation of children are at risk of starvation. We need to act now, before it's too late.
The Baby Friendly Initiative is a worldwide programme of the World Health Organization and UNICEF. It was established in 1992 to encourage maternity hospitals to implement the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding and to practise in accordance with the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. In the UK, we also work to implement the Seven Point Plan for Sustaining Breastfeeding in the Community and run a University Standards programme for midwifery and health visiting courses.
The Baby Friendly Initiative works with the health-care system to ensure a high standard of care in relation to infant feeding for pregnant women and mothers and babies. Support is provided for health-care facilities that are seeking to implement best practice, and an assessment and accreditation process recognises those that have achieved the required standard.
Find out more about what we do.
First Steps Nutrition Trust has produced a new report for health professionals called Infant Milks in the UK.19/04/2012
Durham University Parent-Infant Sleep Lab, with support from La Leche League, NCT, and UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative, has launched a new website – Infant Sleep Information Source, or ISIS.12/04/2012
Newspapers have been today reporting that the NHS has set aside £235.4 million to settle 60 claims in which babies allegedly suffered brain damage and other complications as a result of undiagnosed hypoglycaemia.10/04/2012
UNICEF UK today applauded the government for including breastfeeding in the new public health outcomes framework, recognising this as an important step towards improving the long term health of mothers and babies in the UK.26/01/2012
Exclusive breastfeeding associated with improved cardiovascular fitness in children and adolescents13/04/2012
Demand feeding associated with improved cognitive development but lower maternal wellbeing23/03/2012
Structured breastfeeding programmes in maternity services shown to improve breastfeeding rates21/03/2012
Feeding support needs to be more woman-centred15/03/2012
Methods of introducing solid food and the impact on food preferences and body mass index08/02/2012
Breastfeeding protects against current asthma up to six years of age08/02/2012
Implementation Guidance12/07/2011
Developing a breastfeeding strategy01/02/2011
Guidance on writing a curriculum02/12/2010
Best practice standards for neonatal units23/11/2010
Writing a breastfeeding policy12/11/2010
Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding12/11/2010
May 2012 - Issue 3321/05/2012
Caring for your baby at night28/11/2011
E-learning for GPs25/11/2011
Caring for your baby at night24/11/2011
Department of Health breastfeeding care pathway - For Mothers04/11/2011
