Criteria for Recognition of the Title "Child-friendly Hospital"

17:39, 10/07/2024

This is the notable content stipulated in Circular 38/2016/TT-BYT, which prescribes several measures to promote breastfeeding at medical examination and treatment establishments.

To be specific, hospitals achieving the title of “Child-Friendly Hospital” must implement the Criteria on Breastfeeding under part E. Specific specialized criteria of the set of hospital quality evaluation criteria issued together with Decision No. 4858/QD-BYT must reach level 4 or higher.

According to Circular No. 38/2016/TT-BYT, hospitals achieving the title of “Child-Friendly Hospital” have responsibilities to implement the provisions stipulated in Article 2 of Circular No. 38 and conduct self-assessments, specifically:

- After conducting self-assessments of hospital quality, hospitals under the Ministry of Health, hospitals under healthcare sectors of Ministries and agencies must submit the self-assessment report of Criteria on Breastfeeding under part E to the Ministry of Health.- Hospitals under the Department of Health must submit the self-assessment report to the Department of Health. The Department of Health is responsible for verifying the self-assessment results of the Criteria on Breastfeeding under part E and announcing the list of hospitals achieving the title of “Child-Friendly Hospital.” Simultaneously, the Department of Health must send the list of “Child-Friendly Hospitals” to the Ministry of Health for the Ministry to compile the annual overall list of “Child-Friendly Hospitals.”

More details can be found in Circular No. 38/2016/TT-BYT effective from January 1, 2017.

- Thanh Lam -

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