Infants health - why our hospitals are no longer "friends of babies"

Infants health - why our hospitals are no longer "friends of babies"

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Infants health - why our hospitals are no longer "friends of babies"

In fifteen years, the certification of this UNICEF label has lost two thirds of partner hospitals.Analysis of the reasons for this failure.

Marianne Grosjean

Would the interest of hospitals in Switzerland support breastfeeding down?This is what we would be tempted to believe by noting the abandonment of the Label Initiative Hospital Friend of Babies (IHAB) by two thirds of structures in fifteen years, that is to say a certification guaranteeing the best conditions for newborns including theBreastfeeding, the mother-child link and continuous training of staff in the matter (read box).Indeed, of 59 hospitals certified in 2005, only 21 are currently.

Santé des nourrissons - Pourquoi nos hôpitaux ne sont plus «amis des bébés»