All health care staff who have any contact with mothers, infants and/or children must receive instruction on the implementation of the breastfeeding policy. Training in breastfeeding and lactation management should be given to various types of staff including new employees, it should be at least 18 hours in total with a minimum of 3 hours of supervised clinical experience and cover at least 8 steps.
Training at all levels should address the 10 steps, breastfeeding, counselling, and the International Code.
A policy is of no use unless it is implemented. So the second step is to train all doctors and nurses in skills necessary to implement this policy. It ensures that the majority of the staff members are trained in breastfeeding counselling.