Sharing Global Action

Beena Bhatt,IBFAN Asia & BPNI, India

http://www.worldbreastfeedingtrends.org

WBTi – Action so farInitiated in 51countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America in

the year 2008-09.16 more countries have been included in the process recently in

the Arab world & Africa, Burkina Faso.28 country reports are uploaded on the website, process is on in

remaining countriesThe average score on all the 15 indicators for the 28 countries is

82.8/150, ranging from 124.5 for Sri Lanka and 121.5 for Malawi to a low of 32.5 for Taiwan.

World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi ) Worldwide

WBTi process has been completed , Report & finding uploaded on the website & shared

In process

Coming together

Government agencies Breastfeeding groupsCivil society groups, Professional organizations, UN agencies, Media Others

237 stakeholders/partners in 29 countries

WBTi Qualitative assessment in 28 countries

S. No. Indicator Average score

6 National Policy Program and Coordination 7

7 BFHI 5.3

8 Implementation of the Code 7.8

9 Maternity Protection 4.6

10 Health and Nutrition Care 5.9

11 Mother Support and Community Outreach 5.4

12 Information Support 6.4

13 Infant feeding and HIV 4.7

14 Infant feeding during Emergencies 2.7

15 Monitoring and Evaluation 5.9

WBTi Quantitative assessment in 28 countries

Indicator Average Score (out of 10)

1. Percentage of babies breastfed with in one hour of birth

9

2. Percentage of babies 0<6 months of age exclusively breastfed in the last 24 hours

7.5

3. Babies are breastfed for a median duration of how many months

9

4. Percentage of breastfed babies less than 6 months old receiving other foods or drink from bottles

3

5. Percentage of breastfed babies receiving complementary foods at 6-9monthsof age

6.5

WBTi Training So Far……

Year 2008

WBTi International Orientation Training - Geneva

WBTi training in IBFAN Latin America, Costa Rica

WBTi Training Workshop in South Asia , New Delhi

WBTi Training WorkshopSoutheast and East Asia (Bangkok)

WBTi Training WorkshopAfrica

Year 2009

WBTi Training WorkshopAfrica, Burkina Faso

WBTi Training Workshop Arab Countries, Al-Ain (UAE)

ConclusionsThe World Breastfeeding Trends initiative

Acts as a lens to highlight the gaps in policies and planning on IYCF

Helps initiating action at national level to improve the policies and programmes.

It has started showing some positive impacts and hopefully will continue to do so in future.

Thank You