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The World Breastfeeding Trend Initiative (WBT i )

The World Breastfeeding Trend Initiative (WBT i ). Outline. About WBT i The process and assessment What goes in and comes out. What is World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative ( WBT i )?. Participatory, action oriented simple research

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The World Breastfeeding Trend Initiative (WBT i )

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  1. The World Breastfeeding Trend Initiative (WBTi)

  2. Outline • About WBTi • The process and assessment • What goes in and comes out

  3. What is World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (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. Integral part of the project the "Global Breastfeeding Initiative for Child Survival" (GBiCS) – Norad, IBFAN, WABA,BPNI

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

  5. Objectives of WBTi • To provide critical information to governments, needed to bridge gaps in infant and young child feeding policy and practice • To provide evidence to IBFAN groups to advocate for greater effort and investment to promote early and exclusive breastfeeding in the respective countries and regions • To contribute to attaining MDG-4 and 5 and reducing under-five child mortality and improve women’s health

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

  7. WBTi –How It Works? • Phase one – National assessment • Phase two – Ranking the country/region • Phase three – Reassessment to analyze trends

  8. How WBTi works?

  9. WBTi • A: Action oriented • B: Brings people together • C: Consensus and commitment building • D: Demonstrates achievements and gaps • E: Efficacy improving programme

  10. The Assessment Process • Using 15 indicators – Qualitative, Quantitative • To document achievements and gaps in the existing policy, program and practices in reference to IYCF

  11. National Policy Program and Coordination BFHI Implementation of the Code Maternity Protection 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-I

  12. 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

  13. What Goes in? • Coordination • Training/orientation • Organizing national consultations and discussions leading to national assessment • Analyzing and publishing the country report cards • Compiling and publishing state of world’s breastfeeding, nationally and regionally • Publishing results through WBTi web tool

  14. Contd.. • Follow up and offer IBFAN services for capacity building in code implementation, planning and facilitation, training of workers, and other programmes related to IYCF • Advocacy with the use of report cards at national, regional and global levels to gather support in bridging gaps in programme and policy

  15. www.worldbreastfeedingtrends.org Thank you

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