Background: Improved breastfeeding practices have the potential to save lives of over 823,000 children under 5 years old globally every year. Exclusively infants for first six months would lead largest infant mortality reduction. The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is a global campaign by World Health Organization and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF),...

INTRODUCTION Breastfeeding is the best nourishing method for the health protection, child's growth and development with greatly reduced risks for acute and chronic disorders. The first hours after the childbirth are the most important. The objective of the research. The objective of the research is to establish whether the baby friendly programme affects the infants' biochemical and clinical pa...

Early skin-to-skin contact (SSC) after birth is a physiological practice that is internationally recommended and has well-documented importance for the baby and for the mother. This study aims to examine SSC with a cohort of mothers or fathers in the operating room after a Cesarean section (C-section) and its relationship with duration of breastfeeding. From January 1, 2012, to December 31, 201...

background: rooming-in, motivated by world health organization (who) strategies and baby-friendly hospital policies, is a practice followed in many maternity hospitals of iran. mother-infant dyad may easily be damaged by the separation caused by medical and surgical problems, which result in hospital stay. regarding this, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the rooming-in pr...

Recent evidence indicates that disrespectful/abusive/coercive service delivery by skilled providers in facilities, which results in actual or perceived poor quality of care, is directly and indirectly associated with adverse maternal and newborn outcomes. The present article reviews the evidence for disrespectful/abusive care during childbirth in facilities (DACF), describes examples of DACF, d...