What is WBTi :

• Participatory, action oriented simple research
• Tracking, Assessing and Monitoring (TAM) the implementation of Global Strategy for IYCF
• Ensures uniformity,
• Objective is to reach about 100 countries by 2012.
  

The Need :

• The United Nations Millennium Summit for MDGs – MDG 4 (2000)
• The Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding (2002)
• WHA Resolution - Each country urged to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate a plan of action on IYCF
• Innocenti Declaration on IYCF (2005)

Basis :

• WABA’s GLOPAR 1993
• WHO’s tool “Infant and Young Child Feeding : A tool for assessing national practices,policies , and programs” (2003/4)

WBTi –How It Works?

• Phase one – National assessment
• Phase two – Ranking the country/region
• Phase three – Reassessment to analyze trends

Indicators Part-I

1. National Policy Program and Coordination
2. BFHI
3. Implementation of the Code
4. Maternity Protection
5. Health and Nutrition Care
6. . Mother Support and Community Outreach
7. Information Support
8. Infant feeding and HIV
9. Infant feeding during Emergencies
10. Monitoring

Indicators Part-II

11. Early Initiation Rates
12. Exclusive breastfeeding Rates <6months
13. Median duration of Breastfeeding
14. Bottle Feeding Rates
15. Timely Complementary feeding Rates

What Goes in?

1. Coordination
2. Training/orientation
3. Organizing national consultations and discussions leading to national assessment
4. Analyzing and publishing the country report cards
5. Compiling and publishing state of world’s breastfeeding, nationally and regionally
6. Publishing results through WBTi web tool
7. Follow up and offer IBFAN services for capacity building in code implementation, planning and facilitation, training of workers, and other programmes related to IYCF
8. Advocacy with the use of report cards at national, regional and global levels to gather support in bridging gaps in programme and policy