SOUTH AFRICA'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

8.0

Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative / Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

8.0

Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

7.0

Maternity Protection

5.0

Health and Nutrition Care Systems

7.5

Counselling Services for the Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers

6.0

Accurate and Unbiased Information Support

8.0

Infant Feeding and HIV

8.0

Infant and Young Child Feeding during Emergencies

4.0

Monitoring and Evaluation

10.0

Total Score (Policy and Programmes) 71.5/100

Practice (Indicator 11-15)

Early Initiation of Breastfeeding

80.0%

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the first 6 months

8.0%

Median Duration of breastfeeding

6.0 months

Bottle-feeding Rates

62.0%

Complementary Feeding

31.0%

Report

Report Card