Coordination, and Monitoring Gear (CGMG) Benchmarks and examples Benchmark Scoring Benchmark Examples 0 1 2 3 Not done Minimal Partial Major progress progress progress CGMG1: There is no There is a There is a There is a Brazil has a National Coordination of Child Health and Breastfeeding National National National National which is composed by a core technical team responsible to coordinate There is a Breastfeeding Breastfeeding Breastfeeding Breastfeeding nationally all issues related to the promotion, protection and support to National Committee/ Committee/ Committee/ Committee/ breastfeeding, under the umbrella of Ministry of Health. IYCF IYCF IYCF IYCF Committee. Committee but Committee Committee In 2006 a National Breastfeeding Committee (CNAM) was established to Committee/ it does not and it meets and it meets (1) support the process of articulation of the National Coordination of IYCF meet any or two to three all of the Health and Breastfeeding, (2) mobilize and sensitize sectors of Committee. only one of of the specified government and civil society for the development of actions inherent to the specified specified criteria below. breastfeeding. This Committee is consulted by the Ministry of Health criteria below. criteria below. about breastfeeding promotion and protection issues. The CNAM meets regularly once per month. This committee includes representation from government, universities, and civil organizations and can include specialists beyond health and nutrition whose presence is considered necessary to comply the provisions of the law (portaria 111, January 19, 2012). Annually, Brazil’s National Coordination of Child Health and Breastfeeding develop a work plan setting specific time bound breastfeeding objectives which is discussed and validated with the National Breastfeeding Committee. Score: Major Progress Existence: Yes Volume: Committee meets regularly Quality: Committee includes strong representation from civil organizations and representation of sectors beyond health and nutrition and has set specific time bound breastfeeding objectives. All criteria met.
Coordination, and Monitoring Gear (CGMG) Benchmarks and examples Benchmark Benchmark Scoring Examples 0 Not done 1 Minimal progress 2 Partial progress 3 Major progress CGMG1: There is a National Committee/ IYCF Committee. There is no National Breastfeeding Committee/ IYCF Committee. There is a National Breastfeeding Committee/ IYCF Committee but it does not meet any or only one of the specified criteria below. There is a National Breastfeeding Committee/ IYCF Committee and it meets two to three of the specified criteria below. There is a National Breastfeeding Committee/ IYCF Committee and it meets all of the specified criteria below. Brazil has a National Coordination of Child Health and Breastfeeding which is composed by a core technical team responsible to coordinate nationally all issues related to the promotion, protection and support to breastfeeding, under the umbrella of Ministry of Health. In 2006 a National Breastfeeding Committee (CNAM) was established to (1) support the process of articulation of the National Coordination of Health and Breastfeeding, (2) mobilize and sensitize sectors of government and civil society for the development of actions inherent to breastfeeding. This Committee is consulted by the Ministry of Health about breastfeeding promotion and protection issues. The CNAM meets regularly once per month. This committee includes representation from government, universities, and civil organizations and can include specialists beyond health and nutrition whose presence is considered necessary to comply the provisions of the law (portaria 111, January 19, 2012). Annually, Brazil’s National Coordination of Child Health and Breastfeeding develop a work plan setting specific time bound breastfeeding objectives which is discussed and validated with the National Breastfeeding Committee. Score: Major Progress Existence: Yes Volume: Committee meets regularly Quality: Committee includes strong representation from civil organizations and representation of sectors beyond health and nutrition and has set specific time bound breastfeeding objectives. All criteria met.
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