KUWAIT'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

6.0

Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

8.5

Maternity Protection

5.0

Health and Nutrition Care Systems

8.0

Counselling Services for the Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers

9.0

Accurate and Unbiased Information Support

9.0

Infant Feeding and HIV

7.5

Infant and Young Child Feeding during Emergencies

4.0

Monitoring and Evaluation

10.0

Total Score (Policy and Programmes) 77.0/100

Practice (Indicator 11-15)

Early Initiation of Breastfeeding

13.0%

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the first 6 months

19.0%

Median Duration of breastfeeding

3.0 months

Bottle-feeding Rates

55.0%

Complementary Feeding

82.0%

Report

Report Card

Administration of Primary Health Care of Ministry of Health.
Kuwait Breastfeeding Promotion & BFHI Implementation Committee.
Kuwait National Health Information Centre.
Kuwait Nursing College.
Kuwait University.
Research Section of the Food and Nutrition Administration of Ministry of Health.