SRI LANKA'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

10.0

Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

7.0

Maternity Protection

6.0

Health and Nutrition Care Systems

10.0

Counselling Services for the Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers

10.0

Accurate and Unbiased Information Support

8.0

Infant Feeding and HIV

10.0

Infant and Young Child Feeding during Emergencies

10.0

Monitoring and Evaluation

10.0

Total Score (Policy and Programmes) 91.0/100

Practice (Indicator 11-15)

Early Initiation of Breastfeeding

90.0%

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the first 6 months

82.0%

Median Duration of breastfeeding

30.0 months

Bottle-feeding Rates

36.0%

Complementary Feeding

90.0%

Report

Report Card

2019

Pictures

How Sri Lanka Scores on Breastfeeding Support Policies and Programmes