A BABY-friendly award has been given to the University of Worcester for the way midwifery students are trained on breastfeeding.

The university was awarded the Baby Friendly Award from Unicef UK, in recognition of the high levels of breastfeeding training provided to its midwifery students.

Toni Martin, head of department and programme lead for the BSc Midwifery Programme (pictured above), said: “We are delighted to have received this award from Unicef UK. We decided to work with the Baby Friendly Initiative to ensure a high standard of training in breastfeeding for all the students graduating from our midwifery course here at the University.”

Set up by Unicef and the World Health Organisation, the Baby Friendly Initiative is a global programme which provides a practical and effective way for health services to improve care provided for all mothers and babies.