To support the provision of technical assistance, the World Health Organization (WHO) has grouped member states into regions. The BFHI Network basically follows the same regional structure but may include some subnational entities not recognized by the WHO. This page features the nations whose BFHI Country Coordinator has submitted data on the BFHI and breastfeeding from the Americas. For more information about each country’s data, contact the country directly using the contact email provided under their flag. As more nations from the region submit data, their information will be added to this page.
BFHI Name: Breastfeeding Committee for Canada
BFHI Program Status: Active
Website URL: www.breastfeedingcanada.ca
Contact email: contactus@breastfeedingcanada.ca
Data element | Data | Year |
# BFHI designated facilities | 37 | 2023 |
# annual births in country | 351,679 | 2022 |
% births in BFHI designated facilities | 9% | 2022 |
Breastfeeding initiation rates | 91.1% | 2018 |
Immediate skin-to-skin contact | No data | — |
Early initiation of breastfeeding | No data | — |
Exclusively breastfed for the first 2 days | ~55% | 2018 |
Breastfeeding at 6 months | 62.2% | 2018 |
BFHI Name: Baby-Friendly USA
BFHI Program Status: Active
Website URL: www.babyfriendlyusa.org
Contact email: info@babyfriendlyusa.org
Data element | Data | Year |
# BFHI designated facilities | 593 | 2023 |
# annual births in country | 3,661,220 | 2022 |
% births in BFHI designated facilities | 26.5% | 2022 |
Breastfeeding initiation rates | 83.2% | 2022 |
Immediate skin-to-skin contact | No data | — |
Early initiation of breastfeeding | No data | — |
Exclusively breastfed for the first 2 days | No data | — |
Breastfeeding at 6 months | 24.9% | 2022 |