ISSUE:
II December
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Asia Breastfeeding Partners Forum-3
Kabul, Afghanistan, November 20 - 22, 2006
Theme:
Breastmilk Saves Money, Saves Lives
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Speech
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Dr. Arun Gupta ,MD, FIAP, National Coordinator, BPNI,
INDIA, Regional Coordinator IBFAN Asia Pacific
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The
South Asia Breastfeeding Partners’
Forum-3, organized around the theme
“Breastfeeding Saves Lives, Saves
Money”, by the Ministry of Public
Health, Afghanistan and the Afghanistan Breastfeeding
Promotion Partners along with IBFAN-Asia
Pacific, WABA, and supported by
WHO, UNICEF and several other organizations.
Representatives from the government and civil society organizations
from the eight South Asian nations deliberated on strategies
to reduce infant mortality.
The
Honorable Dr. Sayed M. Amin Fatimi, Aghanistan’s
Minister of Public Health released the State
of the World’s Breastfeeding – South Asia
Report Card, in Kabul on 20th November
at the inauguration of the South Asia Breastfeeding
Forum -3, an international gathering of health professionals
and policy makers. The Report Card assesses and rates
the practices, policy and programs related to Infant
and Young Child Feeding in eight countries of the region,
and ranks them on their performance in promoting IYCF.
The countries are Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh,
India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
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The Report Cards reveals that the region has barely reached
the halfway mark in creating the enabling environment
for optimal infant and young child nutrition. Sri Lanka
is closest to the half way mark, followed by Bangladesh.
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full report cards and more details visit at: www.worldbreastfeedingtrends.org
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media brief of the release of The State of World's Breastfeeding:
South Asia Report Card-2006 :The media
brief, titled New Commitments to
Reduce Infant Mortality in South Asia made
at Kabul, addresses the issues of infant mortality and
neonatal deaths and ranks the policy and program efforts
of the eight countries to implement critical Infant and
Young Child Feeding (IYCF) measures to reduce the unacceptably
high infant mortality rates. The media brief also includes
the Kabul Declaration issued at the international meeting
highlighting steps that the countries need to take urgently
to bring down infant deaths. Full
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The
Kabul Declaration on IYCF,
endorsed by the Forum, incorporates the priorities and
conclusions arrived at after three days of deliberations,
including the urgent need to set up a SAARC
fund for infant nutrition. While releasing the Declaration,
Dr. Faizullah Kakar, Technical Deputy Minister, Ministry
of Public Health said,” We will put breastfeeding
on a high priority in the health program as we have
done with mental health. He reiterated saying that “You
can check with me after one year what have we done”.
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 Afghanistan
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Bangladesh
- Presenation
on Review of actions taken Last one year
-- by Bangladesh Breastfeeding
Foundation (BBF)
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IYCF
activities: perspective in Bangladesh
--by Dr. S.K.ROY, Senior Scientist,
ICDDR,B & Secretary, BBF, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- WBT
in South Asia
--by Dr.S.K.Roy, Senior Scientist,
ICDDR’B and Secretary, BBF, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Bhutan
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Nepal
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India
- Presentation
on India Actions 2005-06
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by Dr M.M.A.Faridi,MD,DCH,MNAMS,FIAP, Professor
& Head, Dept of Pediatrics University College
of Medical Sciences & GTB Hospital, Delhi And
Course Director, BPNI T-O-T in IYCF Counseling Course
Director, WHO T-O-T in IYCF Counseling
- Presentation
on Role of health care system in promoting early
and exclusive breastfeeding and related economic
gains
--by by
Dr M.M.A.Faridi,MD,DCH,MNAMS,FIAP, Professor &
Head, Dept of Pediatrics University College of Medical
Sciences & GTB Hospital, Delhi And Course Director,
BPNI T-O-T in IYCF Counseling Course Director, WHO
T-O-T in IYCF Counseling
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National
Capacity Building Program on Infant & Young
Child Feeding
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by Dr M.M.A.Faridi,MD,DCH,MNAMS,FIAP, Professor
& Head, Dept of Pediatrics University College
of Medical Sciences & GTB Hospital, Delhi And
Course Director, BPNI T-O-T in IYCF Counseling Course
Director, WHO T-O-T in IYCF Counseling
- Workshop
on Apply Logic Preparing action plans by Arun Gupta
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Srilanka
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