ITALY'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

1.0

Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

6.0

Maternity Protection

7.0

Health and Nutrition Care Systems

4.0

Counselling Services for the Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers

6.0

Accurate and Unbiased Information Support

7.0

Infant Feeding and HIV

5.0

Infant and Young Child Feeding during Emergencies

0.0

Monitoring and Evaluation

5.0

Total Score (Policy and Programmes) 42.0/100

Practice (Indicator 11-15)

Early Initiation of Breastfeeding

N/A

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the first 6 months

46.7%

Median Duration of breastfeeding

8.3 months

Bottle-feeding Rates

N/A

Complementary Feeding

83.0%

Report

Report Card

IBFAN Italy coordinated the process with the help of 14 organizations and the participation of more than 30 people (meetings, working groups):

ACP - Cultural Association of Paediatricians
AICPAM - Italian Association of Professional Lactation Consultants
Italian National Committee for UNICEF
FNO/TSRM/PSTRP – National Confederation of the Orders of Health Technicians (radiology, rehabilitation, prevention and other technical health professions)
Il Melograno - Information Centres for Maternity and Birth
LLL - La Leche League Italy
LUMSA – Free University Maria Ss. Assunta
MAMI ODV - Italian Breastfeeding Movement
MIPPE - Italian Perinatal Psychology Movement
NIH – National Institute of Health
STC - Save the Children Italy
SUSSA - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
UniCamillus – International Medical University
UPPA - A Paediatrician For Friend