%0 Journal Article
%T Transforming Health Facilities into Mother-Baby Friendly Centers: Experience of World Vision, East African Maternal Newborn and Child Health Project in Kitgum District, Uganda, 2016
%A Babughirana Geoffrey
%A Musasizi Benon
%A Lorna Muhirwe Barungi
%A Andrew Tumuhameho
%A Tushemerirwe Florence
%A Twaha Rwegyema
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 3
%N 12
%P 1-22
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2016
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1103180
%X <div style="text-align:justify;">
	<span style="line-height:1.5;">The Baby Friendly Health facility Initiative (BFHI)
is a health care environment which supports, protects and promotes
breastfeeding as a norm. The World Vision Uganda East African Maternal Newborn
and Child Health (EAMNCH) project supported its implementation with a focus on
the Transformation of 24 health facilities into Mother-Baby Friendly in Kitgum
district. Four (4) out of twelve (12) health facilities that participated in the
external assessment scored 75% and above, and this is the required minimum
score for a health facility to be certified as Baby Friendly. The four are: St
Joseph¡¯s Hospital (81%), Orom HCiii (75%), Loborom HCiii (75%), and Akilok
HCiii (75%). From the findings, it¡¯s recommended that health facilities should
actively engage the Village Health Teams (VHTs) in their catchment areas to
strengthen Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) community support to
strengthen community-health facility linkages.</span>
</div>
%K Baby Friendly Health Facility Initiative
%K Health Worker Mentorship and Coaching
%K Transformation of Health Facilities
%K Health System¡¯s Strengthening
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5276395