<There is no minimum requirement for the percentage of breastfed babies in a hospital, to become designated Baby-Friendly....> Rachel wrote this a couple of days ago. I found this surprising, because in Australia there IS a minimum requirement. Before assessment, the hospital has to do an audit and show that a certain proportion of babies are being breastfed in hospital. I think it is 80%. I haven't been involved in BFHI for a couple of years, but I don't think it's changed. We did discuss changing it at National Advisory Council meetings a few years ago, as it was harder for hospitals in low SES areas to achieve this. But I haven't heard that this requirement was altered. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong! Lisa Amir MBBS, MMed, IBCLC in Melbourne, Australia *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html