Achievements, Gaps and
Action Plan - India
Participants from India
What We Could Achieve
Pursue actively with Govt. to form a National
policy on IYCF
 Organize National level advocacy meeting
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– Project report card, gaps & policy status
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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.
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State assessment for IYCF indicators.
Provide Technical inputs on IYCF
BFHI
Advocacy to revive BFHI in country
 Prepare concept note on BFHI
 Reach NRHM to incorporate BFHI in NRHM
draft document
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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.
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Maternity Protection
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Amendment in existing legislation for
maternity protection to harmonize the
recent change of extending 6th pay
commission to organize and unorganized
sector
Health & Nutrition System
Mother Support & Community
Outreach
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Continue demand for counseling training
of Health & Nutrition Team
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
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Infant feeding during
emergencies
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Reach National Disaster Management
Authority to include Breastfeeding as a
major emergency response.
Monitoring & Evaluation
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Request & demand Government to have
annual report on IYCF Indicators.
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 PreService IYCF
 Preparing technical document on IYCF in
emergencies
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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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