Baby-Friendly Hospitals in Massachusetts
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What Hospitals are Baby-Friendly in Massachusetts?
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Updated 9.13.2022 | |
| The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) recommend a 100% scale-up of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative and implementation of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding at every facility providing maternity and newborn services. | ||
| Why should I be interested in researching what Massachusetts Hospitals are Baby-Friendly designated? Maternity and infant care teams at a Baby-Friendly hospital meet recommended standards to support a healthy life-start for a newborn and to optimize the care of mother and baby. These standards include things like supporting immediate mother-baby bonding and guidance with breastfeeding in both the hospital and after hospital discharge. | ||
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Massachusetts Baby Friendly Hospitals
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| Hospital | Year designated | Year Re-designated |
| Boston Medical Center | 1998 | 2014-19 |
| Cambridge Birth Center | 2009 | 2014-19 |
| Melrose Wakefield | 2012 | 2017-22 |
| Fairview | 2013 | |
| Good Samaritan | 2013 | |
| Holyoke | 2015 | |
| Massachusetts General | 2015 | |
| Emerson | 2016 | |
| Martha’s Vineyard | 2016 | |
| Cooley Dickinson | 2017 | |
| Brockton | 2017 | |
| BID Plymouth | 2018 | |
| Anna Jaques | 2018 | |
| St. Luke’s | 2018 | |
| Brigham and Women’s | 2019 | |
| Charlton | 2019 | |
| Norwood | 2019 | |
| Saint Vincent | 2019 | |
| Cape Cod Hospital | 2022 | |
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Thank you to all individuals making it possible for almost 40% of babies in MA to be born in Baby-Friendly Hospitals!
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