Table 3.
Health care providers who reported contact by representative of a breast-milk substitutes company in a health care facility, by country (%)
| Chile (n = 164) | Ecuador (n = 66) | Mexico (n = 48) | Nigeria (n = 98) | Panama (n = 107) | Philippines (n = 126) | Thailand (n = 99) | Uruguay (n = 154) | Totala (n = 862) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with the health facility | 43.3b | 19.7 | 18.8 | 2.0 | 53.3 | 3.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 21.1 |
| Contact to provide for distribution to mothers and other caregivers | |||||||||
| Promotional materials | 25.6 | - | 2.1 | - | 5.6 | 2.4 | - | 5.8 | 8.3 |
| Samples | 32.3 | 1.5 | - | 2.0 | 18.7 | 3.0 | 15.0 | 4.6 | 11.0 |
| Gifts | 23.8 | - | - | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 6.4 |
| Coupons | - | - | 6.3 | - | 0 | 0.8 | - | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| Contact to | |||||||||
| Promotional materials for use of facilities/staff | - | - | 10.4 | - | 18.7 | - | - | 2.6 | 10.6 |
| Requests for display and other promotional activities in the facility | 1.8 | 6.1 | 4.2 | - | 4.7 | 2.4 | - | 0.6 | 3.3 |
| Seek direct contact with mothers and other caregivers | 10 | 0 | - | - | 0.9 | - | - | 0 | 2.7 |
| Make offers for free supplies of breast-milk substitutes | 3.7 | 9.1 | - | - | 29.9 | - | - | 0 | 10.7 |
| Distribute any other supply for the hospital use | - | 15.2c | - | - | 11.2d | - | - | 1.3e | 9.2 |
| Received an invitation to attend an event/workshop outside the health facility by breast-milk substitute company | 3.7 | 6.1 | - | 13.3 | 9.3 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 0 | 7.9 |
aEstimated totals and averages were obtained from available data
bIncludes maternity health facilities and public primary health facilities
cPrevalence (%) of total health personnel who reported that baby food companies had contacted them to provide any item for the use in the facilities
dPrevalence (%) of total health personnel who reported that baby food companies had contacted them to sponsored activities or workshops
ePrevalence (%) of total health personnel who reported that baby food companies had contacted them to provide informational/educational materials