PORTUGAL'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

Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative / Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

7.0

Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

6.0

Maternity Protection

7.5

Health and Nutrition Care Systems

8.5

Counselling Services for the Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers

7.0

Accurate and Unbiased Information Support

5.5

Infant Feeding and HIV

10.0

Infant and Young Child Feeding during Emergencies

0.0

Monitoring and Evaluation

9.0

Total Score (Policy and Programmes) 60.5/100

Practice (Indicator 11-15)

Early Initiation of Breastfeeding

84.0%

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the first 6 months

22.0%

Median Duration of breastfeeding

6.0 months

Bottle-feeding Rates

78.0%

Complementary Feeding

99.9%

Report

Report Card

2015

Media

Press Coverage and WBTi Event Portugal, November 2015

Activities related to 10 policies and programmes

Call to Action