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"In Jordan, and according to the Demographic Health Survey for 2002, only 26.7 per cent of women breastfeed their babies exclusively during the first six months after delivery," notes Dr. Hanan Najmi, Head of the Maternity and Breastfeeding Unit at the Ministry of Health.

These factors and outcomes include the presence of pregestational hypertension, proteinuria or anemia, and smoking, alcohol consumption, illicit drug use, prior obstetrical history, breastfeeding, neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission, and preterm delivery.

Both maternity units report breastfeeding rates at discharge from hospital of over 90percentt [ 30].

4 Early breastfeed initiation is also associated with increased exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) and longer duration of breastfeeding. 5 The WHO and UNICEF launched the baby-friendly hospital initiative in 1991 to strengthen maternity unit practices to support breastfeeding.

The duration of any breastfeeding was associated with the mothers' age of ≥30 years and whether they were exclusively breastfeeding at discharge from the maternity unit.

Bottle/cup feeding reduced RMS by 10.392 units, when compared to breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding education and support at the neonatal unit in the form of counselling, information (handouts and videos), practical help and group breastfeeding clinics improved the confidence of mothers in breastfeeding.

The studies reported that parents receiving breastfeeding support at the neonatal unit were more likely to continue breastfeeding up to a month after discharge than comparable groups.

16 However, differences may also relate to the degree of promotion and support by NICU staff and to unit policies to facilitate lactation and breastfeeding.

Respondents also completed a unit description sheet detailing the structural characteristics of the unit and its policies related to lactation and breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding rates have gone up - in the new unit 90% of the babies go home breastfeeding, compared with 64% in the old unit.