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Table 1 Timeline of selected strategies and policies to support and protect breastfeeding in South Africa

From: Revival of the mother-baby friendly initiative (MBFI) in South Africa: towards a quality improvement project

1990

Innocenti Declaration

1991

UNICEF and WHO establish the BFHI [1]

1994

SA’s first baby-friendly hospital declared

2001

Strategy for the Implementation of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative in South Africa, 2001–2004 [7]

2008

Review of the implementation of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative in Public Maternity Units in South Africa [8]

2011

Tshwane Declaration of Support for Breastfeeding [9]

2011

Renaming of the BFHI to the Mother-Baby Friendly Initiative (MBFI) in SA

2018

UNICEF/WHO “Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services: the revised Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative” Implementation Guidance [3]