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Expanding exclusive Breastfeeding through BFHI: Highlights from the 8th Meeting of BFHI Coordinators and Focal Points in Industrialized Countries
Learning Areas:
Advocacy for health and health educationImplementation 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
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.