BRAZIL'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

10.0

Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative / Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

8.0

Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

8.0

Maternity Protection

8.5

Health and Nutrition Care Systems

6.5

Counselling Services for the Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers

7.0

Accurate and Unbiased Information Support

9.0

Infant Feeding and HIV

9.0

Infant and Young Child Feeding during Emergencies

0.0

Monitoring and Evaluation

7.0

Total Score (Policy and Programmes) 70.0/100

Practice (Indicator 11-15)

Early Initiation of Breastfeeding

68.0%

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the first 6 months

41.0%

Median Duration of breastfeeding

14.0 months

Bottle-feeding Rates

47.0%

Complementary Feeding

73.0%

Report

Report Card

IBFAN Brasil - International Baby Food Action Network
Municipality of Florianópolis
Health Secretary of State of Santa Catarina
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Ministry of Health
CAPES - Coordination of Improvement of Personnel of Higher Education - Ministry of Education.
CNPq - National Council for Scientific and Technological Development
COMAMAS - Municipal Committee for Breastfeeding and Healthy Food
CMPPM - Municipal Coordination of Public Policies for Women
COREN - SC - Regional Nursing Council of Santa Catarina
CREFONO 3 - Regional Speech Therapy Council, 3rd Region, Department of Nursing, Federal University of Santa Catarina
FAPESC - Santa Catarina Research Support Fund
PAHO - Pan American Health Organization
Post-Graduation Program in Nursing, Federal University of Santa Catarina
Pediatric Society of Santa Catarina
Primary Care - Santa Catalina
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund