THE Ministry of Health recently certified 10 hospitals and health centres around the island as being baby-friendly, as part of its programme to encourage breastfeeding among new mothers.
They are the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, Spanish Town, Linstead, Princess Margaret, Cornwall Regional, Andrew's Memorial and Doctor's Hospitals, Bustamante Hospital for Children, University Hospital of the West Indies, and the Faith Maternity Centre.
Director of the Nutrition Unit in the ministry Charmaine Edwards said the baby-friendly hospital initiative was jointly launched by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and intended for implementation in countries worldwide.
She told the government's news agency, JIS News, that the initiative was geared towards "hospitals and health facilities, particularly those offering maternity services, to adopt practices which fully protect, promote and support exclusive breastfeeding from birth".
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