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Figure 64
Percentage of Coverage for Malnourished Children In Community Feeding
Programme in 2013 to 2017
100.0 99.5 98.6 99.0
98.2
98.0 96.2
96.0
94.0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Source: State Health Department, 2017
Figure 65
Percentage of Recovery for Malnourished Children After 6 Months in the
Programme in 2013 to 2017
80.0
59.4
60.0 30.6
40.0 29.5 38.2 34.2
20.0
0.0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Source: State Health Department, 2017
BABY FRIENDLY HOSPITAL INITIATIVE (BFHI)
Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is a global initiative by the World Health Organization (WHO)
and UNICEF that aim to give every baby the best start in life by creating health care environment in
supporting breastfeeding as the norm. BFHI was launched in Malaysia in 1992 and has been recognized
by WHO as the third country in the world with 100 per cent government hospitals recognized as baby
friendly in 1998.
As of December 2017, there were 153 hospitals in Malaysia attained the Baby-Friendly status as shown
in Table 45. A total of 62 out of 70 hospitals (89 per cent) re-assessed using the new WHO/UNICEF
2009 global criteria in 2017 had successfully retained their Baby Friendly Hospital status.
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