UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA'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

3.0

Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

9.5

Maternity Protection

7.0

Health and Nutrition Care Systems

8.0

Counselling Services for the Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers

7.0

Accurate and Unbiased Information Support

9.5

Infant Feeding and HIV

8.5

Infant and Young Child Feeding during Emergencies

5.5

Monitoring and Evaluation

6.0

Total Score (Policy and Programmes) 74.0/100

Practice (Indicator 11-15)

Early Initiation of Breastfeeding

51.0%

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the first 6 months

59.0%

Median Duration of breastfeeding

21.0 months

Bottle-feeding Rates

4.0%

Complementary Feeding

91.0%

Report

Report Card