Table 4.
Distribution of prelacteal feeds in twenty-two sub-Saharan African countries, 2010 to 2014
| Milk other than breast milk* | Plain water* | Sugar or glucose water* | Gripe* | Honey* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| Burkina Faso (n 5911) | 0·8 | 29·1 | 4·2 | 0·8 | 0 |
| Benin (n 4810) | 1·7 | 10·9 | 4·7 | 1·9 | 0·2 |
| Burundi (n 3063) | 2·8 | 1·4 | 2·0 | 0·4 | 0·2 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo (n 6987) | 1·1 | 4·4 | 4·8 | 0·3 | 0 |
| Congo Brazzaville (n 3203) | 14·4 | 18·6 | 4·5 | 0·1 | – |
| Côte d’Ivoire (n 2872) | 1·6 | 58·8 | 2·2 | 0·2 | 2·2 |
| Ethiopia (n 4321) | 4·7 | 5·3 | 3·5 | 0·1 | 0·1 |
| Ghana (n 2225) | 1·1 | 7·4 | 0·8 | 0·4 | 0 |
| Gambia (n 3298) | 1·4 | 10·5 | 4·2 | 0·1 | 2·3 |
| Guinea (n 2739) | 3·4 | 34·8 | 13·6 | 2·1 | 0·6 |
| Kenya (n 3495) | 2·2 | 5·9 | 4·1 | 0·6 | 0·1 |
| Liberia (n 2586) | 0·8 | 5·3 | 3·1 | 1·1 | 0 |
| Mali (n 3856) | 2·3 | 10·5 | 4·0 | 1·6 | 1·7 |
| Malawi (n 7535) | 0·4 | 0·5 | 0·1 | 0·5 | 0 |
| Mozambique (n 4780) | 0·9 | 3·6 | 0·1 | – | 0·1 |
| Nigeria (n 11809) | 10·7 | 53·1 | 5·3 | 1·9 | 1·7 |
| Niger (n 5047) | 14·4 | 23·0 | 14·3 | 0·3 | 0·8 |
| Namibia (n 1854) | 4·0 | 2·1 | 0·4 | 0·8 | 0 |
| Sierra Leone (n 4589) | 3·8 | 17·5 | 1·6 | 0·7 | 0 |
| Togo (n 2619) | 1·8 | 5·9 | 3·0 | 0·4 | 0·4 |
| Zambia (n 4818) | 1·0 | 0·9 | 1·2 | 0 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe (n 2363) | 3·4 | 7·1 | 0·3 | 0·4 | 0 |
| All† | 5·0 | 22·1 | 4·1 | NR | NR |
NR, not reported due to missing responses in some countries.
*
Individual countries’ sample weights,
†
Based on pooled sample weights, derived from women’s individual weights and population size of women aged 15–49 years in the respective countries.