infants' right to food assessing where countries stand
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Infants' right to food Assessing where countries stand. Name: Ugyen Zangmo Country: Bhutan. Nutritional status. Inappropriate promotion of baby foods. No advertisement in media (shops) Samples and gifts in the hospitals, early 1990s (not any more) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Nutritional status
1988 (n=3273) 1999 (n =2981) 2008 (n=2376)
NCHS NCHS WHO Standard
Wasting4.1% 2.6% 4.6%
Stunting
56.1% 40% 37.0%
Underweight37.9% 18.7% 11.1%
Inappropriate promotion of baby foods
• No advertisement in media (shops)
• Samples and gifts in the hospitals, early 1990s (not any more)
• Companies trying to set up the shelves of the shops
• Giving incentives to shops for keeping their product at the eye level.
IYCF status
Indicators 2008
Early initiation of Breastfeeding 81.5%
Exclusive breastfeeding 10.4%
Median duration of breastfeeding 23 months
Bottle feeding 5.8%
Complementary feeding 20.8%
WBTi assessment
• Established baseline data on IYCF
• IYCF policy and strategy
• Operational plan for five years
• 10th plan, one of the major focus
Conflict of Interest
• Maternity leave for the mothers• Private/government• Commercial formulas and complementary
foods available