Breastfeeding offers innumerable
health, development, and economic benefits to both the mother and child, and
nations. At present, only 41% of infants of 0-6 months are exclusively
breastfed globally. It is very important for every country around the world to
increase rates of optimal breastfeeding and infant and young child feeding
practices. The World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) assists countries
to assess and monitor the status of and benchmark progress in implementation of
the Global Strategy in a standard way.
The WBTi is based on the WHO's “ Tool
for the national assessment of policy and programmes on infant and young child
feeding” and `1measures ten parameters of policy and programmes that protect,
promote and support optimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. It
identifies gaps and calls upon governments to bridge these. WBTi maintains a
Global Data Repository of the policies and programmes in 98 countries.
Based on the 10 indicators on policy and programmes (on a scale of 100) the WBTi published a report of World Ranking where Bangladesh is at the Top Position with a score of 91.5 (out of 100). WBTi provides objective scoring and colour coding to it’s 10 indicators of policy & programmes. Each indicator is scored out of a maximum of 10 and gets the colour code as Red, Yellow, Blue, and Green in ascending order of performance based on the WBTi guideline.
- Bangladesh 91.5
- Sri Lanka 91
- Afghanistan 89
- Cuba 87.5
- Gambia 83
- Bolivia 81
- Turkey 80
- Elsalvador 79.5
- Niger 77
- Kenya 77
- Kuwait 77
- Malawi 75.5
- Bahrain 74.5
- Ukraine 74
- Mongolia 73.5
- Vietnam 73
- South Africa 71.5
- Brazil 70
- Ghana 69.5
- Zambia 69.5
- China 69.5
- Maldives 69.5
- Cambodia 69
- Mali 68
- Philippines 68
- Zimbabwe 67.5
- Nigeria 67.5
- Cameroon 66.5
- Argentina 66
- Malta 65.5
- Croatia 65.5
- Panama 65
- Pakistan 64.5
- Mozambique 64
- Georgia 64
- Venezuela 64
- Jordan 63.5
- Dominican Republic 63.5
- Nepal 63
- United Republic Of Tanzania 61.5
- Nicaragua 61.5
- Lesotho 61
- Burkina Faso 61
- Thailand 60.5
- Portugal 60.5
- Bosnia And Herzegovina 60
- Swaziland 59
- Uganda 59
- Malaysia 58.5
- Guatemala 58
- Seychelles 57.5
- Armenia 57
- Costa Rica 57
- Gabon 56.5
- Republic Of Korea 56.5
- Moldova, Republic Of 56.5
- Brunei Darussalam 56
- Saudi Arabia 56
- Ethiopia 55
- Fiji 55
- Bhutan 55
- Egypt 55
- Kiribati 53.5
- Sierra Leone 53
- Italy 52
- Indonesia 51.5
- United Kingdom 50.5
- Macedonia 50.5
- Peru 50.5
- Colombia 49
- Switzerland 48
- Belgium 48
- France 47.5
- Ecuador 47
- Sao Tome And Principe 46.5
- Uruguay 46.5
- Lebanon 46
- Mexico 45.5
- India 45
- Botswana 44.5
- Chile 44.5
- Honduras 43.5
- Morocco 42.5
- Belize 41.5
- Timorleste 41
- United States 40.5
- Taiwan 40.5
- Austria 40
- Singapore 40
- Oman 39.5
- Lithuania 38.5
- Palau 35.5
- Spain 35
- Paraguay 34.5
- Germany 33.5
- Australia 25.5
- Cape Verde 22.5
- Libya 19
Advantages of Breastfeeding:
- Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health and survival.
- Breastmilk is the ideal food for infants. It is safe, clean and contains antibodies which help protect against many common childhood illnesses.
- Continued breastfeeding also pause ovulation and menstruation.
- Breastmilk provides all the energy and nutrients that the infant needs for the first months of life
- Breastmilk continues to provide up to half or more of a child’s nutritional needs during the second half of the first year, and up to one third during the second year of life.
- Breastfed children perform better on intelligence tests, are less likely to be overweight or obese and less prone to diabetes later in life.
- Mother who breastfeed have a lower risk for depression and they also have a reduced risk of breast and ovarian cancers.
- It saves time and money.
To see the full report visit the
official website of World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi).
Thanks,
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