International
Baby Fsood Action Network (IBFAN) Asia
Pacific/BPNI and UNICEF ROSA organized
a Regional Colloquium on Infant Feeding
and HIV for the Asia Pacific Region at
New Delhi, India on November 28-29, 2003.
Supporting partners included World Alliance
for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), UNICEF
India, Planning Commission GOI, National
AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) India,
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR),
AED-Linkages and Institute of Maternal
and Child Health
(IMCH) Sweden.
The Colloquium brought together participants
from NGOs and governments of 29 countries
including South Africa, Uganda and Botswana
and international organizations like UNICEF,
WHO to share experiences, be technically
updated, and strategies national policies
and priorities to take the UN HIV and
Infant Feeding Framework for Priority
Actions, a step further in the region.
The representatives of 29 countries adapted
in unanimity the Final recommendations
of the Colloquium.
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