IYCF practices in conflict settings
| Indicators | Target population: country | Setting | Estimates median (range) | Sample size median (range) | Scale |
| Core indicators | |||||
| Early initiation of breast feeding(n=10)18 20 21 25 26 28 32 35 36 38 |
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| 51% (range: 31.3%–85%) | 357 (range: 111–1368) |
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| Exclusive breast feeding under 6 months (n=16)10 13 20 21 25 26 28–30 32–38 |
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| 25% (range: 5.5%–77.1%) | 432 (range: 58–250 000) |
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| Continued breast feeding at 1 year (n=7)21 28 32 33 35 36 38 |
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| 57.20% (range: 8.5%–78.2%) | 326 (range: 38–1368) |
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| Introduction of solid, semisolid or soft food (n=6)25 32 33 35 36 38 |
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| 71.05% (range: 40.7%–98.6%) | 477 (range: 111–1368) |
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| Minimum dietary diversity (n=5)18 20 28 33 38 |
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| 60.25% (range: 9.2%–79.4%) | 309 (range: 148–1055) |
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| Minimum meal frequency (n=6)18 20 28 33 36 38 |
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| 58% (range: 58%–97.6%) | 432 (range: 148–1055) |
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| Minimum acceptable diet (n=5)18 20 28 33 38 |
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| 24.95% (range: 30.5%–33%) | 309 (range: 148–1055) |
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| Consumption of iron rich and iron fortified food (n=2)26 36 |
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| 51.61% (range: 29%–84.7%) | 379 (range: 281–477) |
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| Optional indicators | |||||
| Children ever breast fed (n=5)27 30 33 36 38 |
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| 92% (range: 62.8%–98.4%) | 766 (range: 148–1123) |
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| Continued breast feeding at 2 years (n=6)21 29 33 35 36 38 |
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| 29% (range: 9%–66%) | 477 (range: 148–55 194) |
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| Age appropriate breast feeding (n=3)33 35 38 |
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| 43.20% (range: 19.5%–77.8%) | 602 (range: 148–1055) |
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| Predominant breast feeding under 6 months(n=5)25 30 33 35 38 |
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| 31.30% (range: 7.1%–77.30%) | 176 (range: 111–1055) |
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| Duration of breast feeding (n=2)27 31 |
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| 22.7 months | 2149 (range: 1741–2556) |
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| Bottle feeding (n=3)21 36 38 |
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| 58.30% (range: 31.8%–71.4%) | 477 (range: 174–1055) |
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| Milk feeding frequency of non-breastfed children (n=1)33 |
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| 33.90% | 148 |
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| Malnutrition | |||||
| Underweight (n=4)10 25 28 38 |
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| 33.10% (range: 12.01%–48%) | 1055 (range: 111–250 000) |
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| Acute malnutrition (n=3)10 24 36 |
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| 30.10% (range: 0.5%–81%) | 80 000 (range: 477–3 000 000) |
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| GAM (n=7)14 18 20 23 28 32 38 |
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| 9.95% (range: 2.6%–25.1%) | 498 (range: 208–1368) |
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| MAM (n=9)10 19 20 25 28 34 36 38 44 (Z-score <−2 to <−3 SD) |
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| 4.0% (range: 0.27%–25%) | 563 (range: 111–250 000) |
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| SAM (n=8)18–20 23 28 32 38 44 (Z-score <−3 SD) |
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| 1.50% (range: 0.15%–5.3%) | 809 (range: 208–46 383) |
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| Chronic malnutrition | |||||
| Stunting (n=7)10 18 20 23 25 28 38 |
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| 38.60% (range: 13.6%–53%) | 432 (range: 111–1055) |
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| Overweight (n=1)38 |
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| 18.1% | 1055 |
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| Anaemia (n=1)38 |
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| 23.2% | 1055 |
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| Other indicators | |||||
| Diarrhoea prevalence (n=3)10 24 28 |
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| 30% (range: 28.9%–73.8%) | 303 (range: 42–563) |
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| Mortality due to diarrhoea (n=3)10 34 38 |
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| 39% (range: 22.3%–87%) | 100 000 (range: 1055–3 000 000) |
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Note: GAM: Global Acute malnutrition; MAM: moderate acute malnutrition; SAM: severe acute malnutrition
CAR, Central African Republic; DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo; IDP, internally displaced person; IYCF, infant and young child feeding.