#436
UNICEF Korea's Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) Ended (Dec. 31, 2023)
Removed from UNICEF Korea website
Certification plaques collected from final 10 BFHI facilities
All certification plaques collected from institutions certified since 1993
Exception: 4 facilities with 2024 expiration dates will have plaques collected end of 2024:
She's OBGYN (Gumi)
Konkuk University Hospital
Seoul Asan Hospital
Houm OBGYN
Timeline:
1993: First certification - Busan Ilsin Christian Hospital
2002: Ilsin Birthing Center certified
2006: Kim Soon-seon Birthing Center certified
2006: Peak of 58 certified facilities
2015: Last certification - Houm OBGYN (formerly Mediflower)
2020: Down to 15 facilities
Until 2023: 10 facilities remained
(3 certified in 1990s, 7 in 2000s)
Western Pacific BFHI Network includes:
Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong (Korea now excluded)
UNICEF Korea's Child Rights Promotion - "Society Where Children are Happy"
Korea's 24-hour rooming-in rates:
Hospitals: 4.6% (2021)
Postpartum centers: 1.8% (2020)
Breastfeeding is an inalienable right of human infants and children
24-hour rooming-in at hospitals and postpartum centers is
a fundamental children's right under UNICEF's mission
Convention on the Rights of the Child,
especially Article 3 "Best Interests of the Child"
File complaints:
Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission: https://www.acrc.go.kr/menu.es?mid=a1...
National Human Rights Commission: case.humanrights.go.kr/rprsntStep/regStep01.do
People's Voice: https://www.epeople.go.kr/index.jsp
Dr. Yoo-Mi Chung TV Video List:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
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