Child Breast-Feeding and food
MICS Indicator
Indicator
Description
Value
2.5
Breast-fed Children
Percentage of women having had living birth in the 2 years
preceding the survey and having breast-fed their
last living child at any time
97.2
2.6
Early initiation to breast-feeding
Percentage of women having had a living birth in the last 2
years having breast-fed their last born child in the
first hour after birth
46.6
2.7
Exclusive Breast-Feeding of
Children under 6
months
Percentage of babies under 6 months being exclusively
breast-fedii
41.4
2.8
Prevailing Breast-Feeding of
Children under 6
months
Percentage of babies under 6 months fed with breast milk
as a prevailing source of food the preceding dayiii
76.4
2.9
Ongoing Breast-feeding for 1
year
Percentage of children of 12-15 months being breast-fed
the preceding day
95.8
2.10
Ongoing Breast-feeding for 2
years
Percentage of children of 20-23 months being breast-fed
the preceding day
45.5
2.11
Median Duration of Breastfeeding
Age in months in which 50% of children of 0-35 months
have not been breast-fed the preceding day.
21.2
2.12
Adequate Breast-feeding
According to Age
Percentage of children of 0-23 months being adequately
fediv the preceding day
65.8
Source: MICS 2014
i
Complete Vaccination including the following: BCG, POLIO (0, 1, 2 and 3), PENTA (DTCoq + HepB + Hib, 1, 2 and 3), PCV 13
(1, 2 and 3), Measles (Before the age of 12 months) and Yellow Fever.
ii
Babies fed with breast milk and not receiving other liquids or food except Oral Rehydration Solutions, vitamins, minerals or
medicines
iii
Babies receiving breast milk and some liquids (water, water-based drinks, fruit juice, ritualistic liquids, Oral Rehydration
Solutions, drops, vitamins, minerals and medicines) but don't receive anything else (in particular animal milk and liquid food).
iv
Babies of 0-5 months exclusively breast-fed and children of 6-23 months breast-fed and eating solid, semi-solid or soft food
Education to disease prevention and family planning:
214
Populations' education to disease prevention and family planning is provided through
public awareness activities organised by public structures as well as civil society
organisation. In primary health care centres (district health care centres, community
health care centres) and social promotion centres, animation curricula are built upon
several themes (malnutrition, cooking demonstrations, breastfeeding, family planning
and contraceptive methods, hygiene) as well as diseases (diarrhoea, cholera, Guinea
worm, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS, avian influenza, malaria,
tuberculosis, Ebola, etc.).