Entgegen meiner Erwartung habe ich auf der WHO-Website das Folgende gefunden, leider nur auf Englisch:
Global Data Bank on Breastfeeding
The WHO Global Data Bank on Breastfeeding presently covers 94 countries and 65% of the world?s infant population (
The bank is maintained and managed in keeping with internationally accepted breastfeeding definitions and indicators. It pools information mainly from national and regional surveys, and studies dealing specifically with breastfeeding prevalence and duration. The bank?s household and health facility indicators have been used to monitor the progress of the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative and achievements towards the WHO/UNICEF end-of-decade goals for breastfeeding prevalence and duration. The aim is to achieve worldwide coverage in order to enable comparisons of representative data, assessment of breastfeeding trends and practices as a basis for future action and evaluation of progress. NHD periodically publishes reports on global breastfeeding trends.
The Bank?s system has recently been revised, upgraded and migrated to Access (WHO?s standard for small databases) and put on the World Wide Web. Following an initial testing period of six months, the data bank will then be put on WHO?s Website.
Highlights from the Global Data Bank on Breastfeeding
Rates for exclusive breastfeeding under 4 months of age are very low in a number of countries in the African Region, e.g. Central African Republic (4% in 1995), Niger (4% in 1992), Nigeria (2% in 1992), and Senegal (7% in 1993). In other countries, rates for exclusive breastfeeding, though low, have shown a gradual increase in recent years, e.g. Benin (13% in 1996 and 16% in 1997), Mali (8% in 1987 and 12% in 1996), Zambia (13% in 1992 and 23% in 1996), and Zimbabwe (12% in 1988 and 17% in 1994). The increase in exclusive breastfeeding rates is due mainly to breastfeeding campaigns, and additional Baby-friendly Hospitals and trained breastfeeding counsellors.
In the South-East Asia Region, the ever-breastfed rate has increased somewhat in recent years, for example in Thailand (90% in 1987 and 99% in 1993). The exclusive breastfeeding rate, though low, has increased from 0.2% (1993) to 4% (1996).
Despite breastfeeding?s numerous recognized advantages over artificial feeding even in industrialized countries, breastfeeding rates are typically low, and only slowly improving, in the European Region. This is the situation in France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Sweden tells a very different story: ever-breastfed rates (after 1990) are 98%. Recent data show that Armenia has increased its exclusive breastfeeding rate under 4 months from 0.7% in 1993 to 20.8% in 1997; Poland has increased from 1.5% in 1988 to 17% in 1995; and Sweden has increased from 55% in 1992 to 61% in 1993.
In the Eastern Mediterranean Region, the exclusive breastfeeding rate in some countries is high compared to countries in other regions. Egypt and Saudi Arabia have an exclusive breastfeeding rate (under 4 months of age) of 68% (1995) and 55% (1991), respectively. Pakistan shows an increase in exclusive breastfeeding under 4 months from 12% (1988) to 25% (1992).
Data for the Americas show that ever-breastfed rates are high in some countries (Chile 97% in 1993, Colombia 95% in 1995, and Ecuador 96% in 1994). However, the rates of exclusive breastfeeding under 4 months, though high compared to societies in the other regions, show a slight decrease (Bolivia, 59% in 1989 and 53% in 1994; Colombia, 19% in 1993 and 16% in 1995; and Dominican Republic 14% in 1986 and 10% in 1991).
In some countries where the advantages of breastfeeding have been widely publicized and where the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative has begun in earnest, breastfeeding rates are actually increasing, e.g. Australia, Canada, China, and USA.
The exclusive breastfeeding rate under four months of age, predominant breastfeeding rate, and median duration of breastfeeding for the African Region, the Region of the Americas, and the South-East Asia and Eastern Mediterranean Regions are presented in Figure 1.
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1 "Exclusive" breastfeeding is defined as no other food or drink, not even water, except breast milk for at least 4 and if possible 6 months of life, but allows the infant to receive drops and syrups (vitamins, minerals and medicines). "Predominant" breastfeeding means that the infant's predominant source of nourishment has been breast milk. However, the infant may also have received water and water-based drinks (sweetened and flavoured water, teas, infusions, etc), fruit juice, or ORS solution.