1. World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) Indicators 1-10 Group Members Dr. Abla el-Alfy (Egypt) Dr. Gihan Fouad (Egypt) Dr. Ghada al-Sayed (Egypt) Dr. Naela Saad El-Din (Egypt) Dr Dalia Samy (Egypt) Dr. Saada Maimari ( Oman) Dr. Rahma Al-Hosni (Oman) Dr. Shoba Suri

2. Indicator 7 Information support 1- DHS Demographic Health Survey 2- CAPEMAS (Central agency of public mobilization and statistics) 3- Ministry of health surveillance system 4- NGO’s 5- National Nutrition institute Possible source of Information National survey Egypt Oman

3. Indicator 8 Infant feeding and HIV Department of Communicable disease Possible source of Information OMAN Department of preventive disease ministry of health NEMRO National HIV control programme IYCF course material EGYPT

4. Indicator 9 Infant feeding during emergency OMAN National authorities EGYPT National authorities Red crescent Emergency committee in Egyptian medical syndicate Child heath guidelines in disaster Possible source of Information

5. Indicator 10 Monitoring and Evaluation EGYPT: DHS, Health information management system Meeting with official and programme managers Meeting with policy ad key managers National nutrition Institute NGO’s OMAN: Nutritional surveillance Possible source of Information

6. Barriers Absence of inter-sectoral communication No budget allocation Political instability Lack of adequate information and statistics Resistance to release information as part of claimed confidentiality EGYPT

7. 1.Not one of ministry priority 2.Lack of human resources 3.Lack of adequate information and statistics 4.Resistance to release information as part of claimed confidentiality Barriers OMAN