What Baby Friendly Means?

(The Government of South Africa)

Every facility providing maternity services that care for new-born infants should:

Have a written breastfeeding policy that is routinely communicated to all health care staff.
Train all health care staff in skills necessary to implement the policy.
Inform all pregnant women about the benefits and management of breastfeeding.
Help mothers initiate breastfeeding within half an hour of birth.
Show mothers how to breastfeed and how to maintian lactation even if they should be separated from their infants.
Give new born infants no milk feeds or water other than breastmilk, unless indicated for a medical reason.
Allow mothers and infants to remain together 24-hours a day from birth.
Encourage natural breastfeeding frequently and on demand.
Not give or encourage the use of artificial teats or dummies to breastfeeding infants.
Promote the establishment of breastfeeding support groups and refer mothers to these on discharge from hospital or clinic.

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The content on this page was last updated on 15 March 2014

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