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Enhancing IYCF Advocacy in India: Achievements, Gaps & Action Plan

Discover the accomplishments, challenges, and roadmap for improving Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices in India. Learn how to advocate for policy changes, budget allocation, training initiatives, and emergency response strategies.

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Enhancing IYCF Advocacy in India: Achievements, Gaps & Action Plan

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  1. Achievements, Gaps and Action Plan - India Participants from India

  2. What We Could Achieve • Pursue actively with Govt. to form a National policy on IYCF • Organize National level advocacy meeting • Project report card, gaps & policy status • Demand for separate budget for IYCF • Demand to Constitute National IYCF authority • Conceptualization & Implementation of WBTi • Prepare project proposal, sub national tool • Training of states to launch this in states. • State assessment for IYCF indicators. • Provide Technical inputs on IYCF

  3. BFHI • Advocacy to revive BFHI in country • Prepare concept note on BFHI • Reach NRHM to incorporate BFHI in NRHM draft document

  4. The Legislation • Observe BPNI Day as “IMS ACT DAY” and 2008 BPNI Day as “WBTi Day” • Dissemination of IMS Act information • Reach NCPCR & collaborate for protection of IMS Act.

  5. Maternity Protection • Amendment in existing legislation for maternity protection to harmonize the recent change of extending 6th pay commission to organize and unorganized sector

  6. Health & Nutrition System

  7. Mother Support & Community Outreach • Continue demand for counseling training of Health & Nutrition Team

  8. HIV & Infant feeding • Reach out to research institutes / NACP / State AIDS control society to Institutionalize IYCF / HIV Counseling training in their Calendar. • Preparing Technical document based on available research & dissemination

  9. Infant feeding during emergencies • Reach National Disaster Management Authority to include Breastfeeding as a major emergency response.

  10. Monitoring & Evaluation • Request & demand Government to have annual report on IYCF Indicators.

  11. What We could not Achieve • Prepare Maternity Protection Kit & disseminate it to sub national level • Revive National core group on Pre service IYCF • Prepare & submit the project on Pre-Service IYCF • Preparing technical document on IYCF in emergencies

  12. Plans for the Year 2010 • Work for revival of National Breastfeeding Committee/National IYCF committee to pursue issues of policy etc. • Integrating Newborn care with frontline worker. • Preparing and disseminating MP Kit. • Reviving Pre-service IYCF project. • Preparing technical document on IYCF in emergencies

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