ECUADOR'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

3.0

Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative / Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

4.5

Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

6.5

Maternity Protection

5.0

Health and Nutrition Care Systems

6.0

Counselling Services for the Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers

5.0

Accurate and Unbiased Information Support

6.0

Infant Feeding and HIV

6.0

Infant and Young Child Feeding during Emergencies

2.0

Monitoring and Evaluation

3.0

Total Score (Policy and Programmes) 47.0/100

Practice (Indicator 11-15)

Early Initiation of Breastfeeding

55.0%

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the first 6 months

44.0%

Median Duration of breastfeeding

15.0 months

Bottle-feeding Rates

87.0%

Complementary Feeding

74.0%

Report

Report Card

Nutrition School of the University San Francisco
Technical Coordination of Nutrition of the School Teaching Hospital Docente de Calderón
Nutrition School University Pontificia Catholic University of Ecuador
Foundation for the Welfare and Basic Social Attention, Institutional and Communitarian –FUNBBASIC
IBFAN-Ecuador - International Baby Food Action Network
Ministry of Public Health
Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University San Francisco de Quito.