Co-administered by the World Health Organization and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative is an evidence-based practice care model designed to protect and promote breastfeeding as the safest, healthiest way to nourish babies.

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Many states practice it through the initiative or referendum process, and while it is used by all political stripes, the left shows no respect for the majority when it sides with the right on questions such as racial preferences, tax limitations and (at least until recently) same-sex marriage.

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The practice has also eroded the initiative of the commission, the traditional driver of the European project, without always providing an adequate alternative.

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Buck that practice and focus instead on the outcomes you are trying to achieve and you will see that your initiative is a journey, in which a few turns might be necessary to achieve your goals.

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Efforts are under way in the U.S. to curb overuse of CT scanning in children, including the Image Gently initiative, launched in August 2009 and spearheaded by a coalition of health-care organizations dedicated to changing medical practice.

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