SEYCHELLES'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

3.0

Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

6.0

Maternity Protection

3.5

Health and Nutrition Care Systems

6.5

Counselling Services for the Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers

10.0

Accurate and Unbiased Information Support

8.0

Infant Feeding and HIV

9.0

Infant and Young Child Feeding during Emergencies

2.5

Monitoring and Evaluation

9.0

Total Score (Policy and Programmes) 57.5/100

Practice (Indicator 11-15)

Early Initiation of Breastfeeding

70.0%

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the first 6 months

2.0%

Median Duration of breastfeeding

18.0 months

Bottle-feeding Rates

98.0%

Complementary Feeding

69.0%

Report

Report Card

Ministry of Health (Maternity Unit, Family Health and Nutrition Programmes, HIV/AIDS Programme)
Ministry of Employment and Human Resources Development
Division of Risk and Disaster
Management, Ministry of Social Affairs
Community Development and Sports
IBFAN Africa