UNITED KINGDOM'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

1.0

Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative / Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

7.5

Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

6.0

Maternity Protection

6.5

Health and Nutrition Care Systems

5.5

Counselling Services for the Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers

7.0

Accurate and Unbiased Information Support

5.5

Infant Feeding and HIV

6.5

Infant and Young Child Feeding during Emergencies

0.0

Monitoring and Evaluation

5.0

Total Score (Policy and Programmes) 50.5/100

Practice (Indicator 11-15)

Early Initiation of Breastfeeding

81.0%

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the first 6 months

17.0%

Median Duration of breastfeeding

3.0 months

Bottle-feeding Rates

88.0%

Complementary Feeding

98.0%

Report

Report Card

2016

Report/Minutes of Meeting

WBTi: England Report Card 2016 WBTi: Northern Ireland Report Card 2016 WBti: Scotland Report Card 2016 WBTi: Wales Report Card 2016 WBTi: UK Report Card 2016 WBTi UK Report 2016 PART 2