ARMENIA's Assessments of the State of Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding For World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi)

REPORT CARD -

Policies and Programmes (Indicator 1-10)
[score out of 10]

National Policy ,Governance and Funding

4.0

Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative / Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

3.5

Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

8.5

Maternity Protection

8.5

Health and Nutrition Care Systems

5.0

Counselling Services for the Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers

5.0

Accurate and Unbiased Information Support

7.0

Infant Feeding and HIV

7.5

Infant and Young Child Feeding during Emergencies

0.0

Monitoring and Evaluation

8.0

Total Score (Policy and Programmes) 57.0/100

Practice (Indicator 11-15)

Early Initiation of Breastfeeding

36.0%

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the first 6 months

35.0%

Median Duration of breastfeeding

11.0 months

Bottle-feeding Rates

42.0%

Complementary Feeding

53.0%

Report

Report Card

2015

Activities related to 10 policies and programmes

Armenia- Call for Action

Maternal and Child Health Department at MOH of RA
Department of Pediatrics N 1 of YSMU
MCH Alliance of Armenia (a network of 47 NGOs, concerned in maternal and child health issues, including “Confidence” Health NGO- Member of IBFAN)