The National Accreditation Centre (NAC) is established as a unit of BPNI, would serve as an agency certifying Hospitals as “Breastfeeding Friendly Hospital (BFH)” for implementing “Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding”. BFHI– India National Accreditation Centre will use the standards and tools approved by the Government of India for conducting self and external assessments. To accelerate implementation, the NAC entered into partnership with AHPI and various health professional organizations e.g. obstetricians, pediatricians, midwives, lactation support staff and nurses. It will reach out to BPNI’s 1300 trained counsellors and more than 150 national trainers and related experts to apply for being an authorised External Assessor. It will work on a self- supporting model to be sustainable through nominal fees on a non- profit basis.