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Ten Steps of the WHO & UNICEF

STEP 04

HOSPITAL POLICIES
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1 CARE RIGHT AFTER BIRTH Facilitate immediate and uninterrupted skin-to-skin

Hospitals support mothers to breastfeed by... contact and support mothers to initiate breastfeeding as
Hospitals support mothers to breastfeed by...

soon as possible after birth.

Not promoting infant
Encouraging skin-to-skin formula, bottles or
contact between mother
and baby soon after birth teats
Within the first hour, all mothers shall be taught to

identify feeding cues while the baby is placed skin to skin Step 4

Making breastfeeding care in order to initiate breastfeeding unless medically

Helping mothers standard practice
to put their baby to justifiable.
the breast right
away

Keeping track
of support for
breastfeeding

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