CROATIA'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

9.0

Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative / Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

6.5

Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

6.0

Maternity Protection

9.0

Health and Nutrition Care Systems

6.0

Counselling Services for the Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers

7.0

Accurate and Unbiased Information Support

8.0

Infant Feeding and HIV

3.0

Infant and Young Child Feeding during Emergencies

4.0

Monitoring and Evaluation

8.0

Total Score (Policy and Programmes) 66.5/100

Practice (Indicator 11-15)

Early Initiation of Breastfeeding

88.4%

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the first 6 months

24.1%

Median Duration of breastfeeding

7.0 months

Bottle-feeding Rates

56.1%

Complementary Feeding

94.1%

Report

Report Card

2024

Report/Minutes of Meeting

WBTi Croatia Report 2024 (Croatian)

Ministry of Health -Administration for primary health care, health tourism, medicines and medical products, public health and public health protection
UNICEF Office for Croatia
Office of the World Health Organization in the Republic of Croatia
Croatian Public Health Institute
Croatian Society for Perinatal Medicine
Croatian Society for Preventive and Social Paediatrics
Croatian Paediatric Society
Croatian Paediatric Nurses' Society
Community Nurses' Society
Croatian Association of Lactation Consultants
Croatian Association of Breastfeeding Support Groups
Roditelji u Akciji – Roda
Croatian association for promotion of midwifery