A three day consultation on promotion, protection and support for breastfeeding, which focused on BFHI was held as a collaborative effort between WHO HQ and the Regional Office Nutrition and Health for Development Units, with technical contributions from UNICEF, IBFAN Asia and Alive and Thrive and invited experts. The workshop objective was to strengthen breastfeeding practices in MS and provide technical support to implement the revised baby friendly hospital programme. Twenty four national programme managers of nutrition and maternal and child health from 10 countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand participated. Key actions to improve breastfeeding in maternity facilities and activities related to the Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes were identified by country teams.
