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JAMA-Pediatrics Article Discredited as “Based on a False Claim” 

JAMA-Pediatrics Article Discredited as “Based on a False Claim” 

Updates from BFUSA

An August 2016 article in JAMA-Pediatrics questioned the safety of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative and the practice of mothers and infants remaining together throughout the hospital stay. After more than a year of damaging public debate, and the revelation that...
BFUSA Response to August 2016 Article in JAMA-Pediatrics

BFUSA Response to August 2016 Article in JAMA-Pediatrics

Updates from BFUSA

The evidence is clear; breastfeeding confers significant health benefits to both the mother and infant. Skin‐to‐skin care helps the infant transition to extra uterine life and facilitates early breastfeeding [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]. The more of the Ten Steps to...

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