Baby-Friendly Hospitals
Baby-Friendly Hospitals in Illinois support moms and babies by making breastfeeding easier and encouraging bonding right from birth. These hospitals follow special guidelines to help moms start breastfeeding, provide lactation support, and promote skin-to-skin contact, giving babies the best start.
Hospitals earn this designation through the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) by meeting standards set by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.
- Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
- Advocate Sherman Hospital
- Advocate Trinity Hospital
- Alton Memorial Hospital
- AMITA Health Saint Joseph Hospital Chicago
- Carle Health – Methodist
- CGH Medical Center
- Jacksonville Memorial Hospital
- Loyola University Medical Center
- Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
- Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital
- OSF Healthcare Little Company of Mary Medical Center
- OSF St. Joseph Medical Center
- Rush University Medical Center
- St. Alexius Medical Center
- St. Francis Hospital
- St. John’s Hospital
- University of Chicago Medical Center
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