Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:
●(See "Society guideline links: Vitamin deficiencies".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Pediatric malnutrition".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Food allergy".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Healthy diet in children and adolescents".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Evaluation of breast problems".)
International
●Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM): Clinical protocols
•ABM: Clinical protocol on the mastitis spectrum, revised (2022)
•ABM: Clinical protocol on supplementary feedings in the healthy term breastfed neonate, revised (2017)
•ABM: Statement on educational objectives and skills for the physician with respect to breastfeeding, revised 2018 (published 2019)
•ABM: Position statement on informal breast milk sharing for the term healthy infant, 2017 (published 2018)
•ABM: Position statement on breastfeeding, revised (2015)
●WHO: Recommendations for care of the preterm or low-birth-weight infant (2022)
●WHO: Recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience (2022)
●WHO: Guideline on infant feeding in areas of Zika virus transmission, 2nd edition (2021)
●WHO: Essential nutrition actions – Mainstreaming nutrition through the life-course (2019)
●WHO: Guideline on counselling of women to improve breastfeeding practices (2018)
●WHO and UNICEF: Baby-Friendly Initiative implementation guideline (2018)
●WHO: Guideline – Updates on the management of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children (2016)
●International Pediatric Association (IPA): Statement on breastfeeding (2009)
Canada
●CPS: Practice point on nutrition for healthy term infants, six to 24 months – An overview (2014, reaffirmed 2023)
●CPS: Position statement on using probiotics in paediatric populations (2022)
●CPS: Practice point on nutrition for healthy term infants, birth to six months – An overview (2013, reaffirmed 2022)
●CPS: Position statement on ankyloglossia and breastfeeding (2015, reaffirmed 2021)
●CPS: Position statement on pasteurized and unpasteurized donor human milk (2020)
●CPS: Practice point on iron requirements in the first 2 years of life (2019)
United States
●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Breastfeeding recommendations and guidance
●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on lead screening during pregnancy and lactation (2012, reaffirmed 2023)
●AAP: Policy statement on breastfeeding and the use of human milk (2022)
●AAP: Technical report on breastfeeding and the use of human milk (2022)
●AAP: Clinical report on promoting human milk and breastfeeding for the very low birth weight infant (2021)
●ACOG: Guidelines for diagnostic imaging during pregnancy and lactation, interim update (2017, reaffirmed 2021)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on immune modulating therapies in pregnancy and lactation (2019, reaffirmed 2021)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on marijuana use during pregnancy and lactation (2017, reaffirmed 2021)
●ACOG and American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM): Committee opinion on opioid use and opioid use disorder in pregnancy (2017, reaffirmed 2021)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on optimizing support for breastfeeding as part of obstetric practice (2018, reaffirmed 2020)
●AAP: Clinical report on the transfer of drugs and therapeutics into human breast milk – An update on selected topics (2013, reaffirmed 2018)
●ACOG and AAP: Guidelines for perinatal care, 8th edition (2017)
●United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): Breastfeeding policy and guidance (2016)
●Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND): Practice paper on promoting and supporting breastfeeding (2015)
Europe
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Quality standard on postnatal care (2013, updated 2022)
●NICE: Guideline on postnatal care (2021)
●British HIV Association (BHIVA): Guidelines on the management of HIV in pregnancy and postpartum (2018, updated 2020)
●Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH): Position statement on breastfeeding (2017, modified 2019)
●NICE: Quality standard on maternal and child nutrition (2015)
●NICE: Public health guideline on maternal and child nutrition (2008, updated 2014)
●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on division of ankyloglossia (tongue-tie) for breastfeeding (2005)
India
●National Neonatology Forum (NNF): Clinical practice guidelines on breastmilk for preterm neonates (2020)
●Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP): Infant and young child feeding guidelines (2016)
●IAP: Human milk banking guidelines (2014)
Australia–New Zealand
Japan
●[In Japanese] Japanese Midwives Association (JMA): Mastitis care guidelines, 2nd edition (2020)
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