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Date: | Fri, 26 Sep 1997 22:01:46 +0200 |
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Kathy Birt wrote asking about what the costs of formula would be in a Baby
Friendly hospital, and who would pay. Good question. One of the
baby-friendly requirements is that mothers are not to be provided with free
formula. Thus, if mothers choose to bottle-feed, then they themselves pay
for that choice. This insures that they are not co-erced into
bottle-feeding. Secondly, the hospital administrators do not need to
concern themselves about needing vast quantities of formula. If at least
80% of the mothers are not assisted to *breastfeed* (and are not exclusively
breastfeeding on hospital discharge) the the hospital will not be entitled
to "Baby-Friendly" designation. The BFHI is not about formula-feeding,
it's about breastfeeding. Beautiful in its simplicity, isn't it?
Best wishes to your hospital Kathy.
Pamela (who hopes these stats apply to US BFHI hospitals, as they do in
Zimbabwe).
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