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The NICHQ-led Best Fed Beginnings initiative has made it possible for 218,000 more babies to be born in Baby-Friendly hospitals every year. Collaboration was essential because of the complex challenges for creating better breastfeeding support.

Pediatrics journal article features NICHQ initiative were 80% of hospitals achieved Baby-Friendly status. Join webinar with paper's authors on Aug. 2, 2017

The systematic use of nurseries in hospitals remains an expectation for many families, and now the move to rooming-in is challenging for the hospital staff and parents because many families do not understand the value of babies rooming-in with mothers.