The Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative welcomes this latest maternity report by The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) and the valuable insight it provides for the close monitoring of babies in the immediate postnatal period.
This rapid analytic review offers evidence-based recommendations for midwives and maternity teams on optimising mother-baby contact during Covid-19
The Baby Friendly team encourages people to watch Kimberly Seals Allers' presentation from the 2019 conference on BAME women in birth and breastfeeding
A new report by Unicef, WHO and IBFAN reveals that countries are falling short in protecting parents from misleading information and harmful promotion of breastmilk substitutes.
A US study shows very positive news about the reach of the work the Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative has done during the coronavirus outbreak.
East Lancashire Hospitals Trust (ELHT) Baby Friendly Gold leadership team opened their doors and their arms and welcomed Chief Midwifery Officer (CMO) Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent and team members from NHS England, alongside Sue Ashmore and Francesca Entwistle from Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative. The purpose of the visit was to showcase 20 years of Baby Friendly care and how ELHT are moving forward as a GOLD accredited unit and what that means both in theory and in practice.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has approved a new set of standards to fully prepare midwives of the future.
New study from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, WHO and UNICEF estimates that around 1 in 7 babies were born with a low birthweight globally in 2015 - 20.5 million babies.
A World Health Organization (WHO) study of 16 countries across Europe has found that breastfeeding can cut the chances of a child becoming obese by up to 25%.
