TURKEY'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

5.0

Maternity Protection

8.5

Health and Nutrition Care Systems

10.0

Counselling Services for the Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers

8.0

Accurate and Unbiased Information Support

9.0

Infant Feeding and HIV

4.0

Infant and Young Child Feeding during Emergencies

5.5

Monitoring and Evaluation

10.0

Total Score (Policy and Programmes) 80.0/100

Practice (Indicator 11-15)

Early Initiation of Breastfeeding

50.0%

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the first 6 months

30.0%

Median Duration of breastfeeding

16.0 months

Bottle-feeding Rates

51.0%

Complementary Feeding

80.0%

Report

Report Card

Turkish Public Health Institute, Department of Child and Adolescent Health, Ministry of Health
Ankara University, Health Sciences Faculty, Midwifery Department
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medecine, Child Health and Diseases Department, Social Paediatrics Unite.
La Leche League Turkey
Temas, Breastfeeding and Breastmilk volunteer association