Summary:

22 Scaling-up Breastfeeding Protection, Promotion, and Support Programmes

This book chapter presents the required key elements for the successful scaling-up of breastfeeding programmes. The chapter introduces and defines key concepts and frameworks, followed by specific descriptions of key components identified as essential for successful scaling-up. The chapter then presents approaches and tools available for policy makers to guide their scaling-up efforts and concludes with reflections on the required improvements in policy tools and future directions for the field.

Authors: Pérez-Escamilla, Rafael