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Breastfeeding practices in baby friendly hospitals of Indore

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An interview based cross sectional study was conducted in two of the designated Baby Friendly Hospitals of Indore in the year 2008. None of the hospitals were having a written breastfeeding policy, which is routinely communicated to all the health workers and no regular training regarding the Programme was being imparted. There is a need to develop a BFHI Monitoring System to ensure that the status is kept in check. Training regarding essential Criteria of BFHI should be there for all the staff.

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  1. Department of Community Medicine, SAIMS Medical College, Indore, India

    Richa Nigam, R. R. Wavre, Ajit Deshpande & R. K. Chandorkar

  2. Department of Forensic Medicine, SAIMS Medical College, Indore, India

    Manish Nigam

  3. Department of Community Medicine, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Sanwer Road, Indore, M.P., India

    Richa Nigam

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Nigam, R., Nigam, M., Wavre, R.R. et al. Breastfeeding practices in baby friendly hospitals of Indore. Indian J Pediatr 77, 689–690 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-010-0079-0

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