SAUDI ARABIA'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

6.0

Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative / Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

6.0

Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

8.0

Maternity Protection

6.5

Health and Nutrition Care Systems

2.0

Counselling Services for the Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers

4.0

Accurate and Unbiased Information Support

3.0

Infant Feeding and HIV

10.0

Infant and Young Child Feeding during Emergencies

7.5

Monitoring and Evaluation

3.0

Total Score (Policy and Programmes) 56.0/100

Practice (Indicator 11-15)

Early Initiation of Breastfeeding

11.0%

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the first 6 months

32.0%

Median Duration of breastfeeding

9.0 months

Bottle-feeding Rates

56.0%

Complementary Feeding

78.0%

Report

Report Card

Albidayah Breastfeeding & Women's Awareness Center
AlMadinah Administration For Breastfeeding Support , General directorate of health affairs
IBFAN Arab World
King Saud bin Abdualaziz University for Health Science National Guard , Ryiadh
Medical Assistant Services, Ministry of Health
National Assessors of Baby-Friendly Hospitals KSA
Saudi Arabian Breastfeeding Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Health