Afghanistan

February to April 30, 2006 MOPH conducted 5 courses in which 9 Master trainers were trained first; consequently they trained 94 health workers as counsellors from MoPH and NGOs staff.

Achievements during one year:

• Breastfeeding Counseling Courses (BFCC) recognized as top priority program for reducing child mortality.
• Complete training package of BFCC is available with MOPH, Public Nutrition Department.
• The total number of Master trainers is 17 and the counsellors are 209. These numbers are increasing on monthly bases.
  

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Breastfeeding Foundation (BBF)
for more visit : http://www.bbfbd.org/

Status of Breastfeeding in Bangladesh
-INCEPTION REPORT ON BREASTFEEDING PROGRAMS IN BANGLADESH( January 2006-May 2006): The inception report shows that exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), which is a means to attain nutrition, is picking up in NNP areas. BBF hops to merge its activities with the forthcoming Health, Nutrition & Population Sector Programme (HNPSP) from 2007–2010. Like the very successful EPI programme of the government, BBF has reasons to hope that EBF with appropriate complementary feeding (CF) could be a precursor to overcoming malnutrition and reducing infant mortality in Bangladesh. The government needs to invest more on EBF & CF. more

Mother support group (MSG) activities in several NNP upazilas monitored by BBF:BBF took an initiative to launch an ideal MSG union and strategy guidelines drafted and prepared training module and booklet for MSG training.

Ministry of Women and Child Affairs contacted to amend Health and Nutrition chapter of National Plan of Action for Women (Jatiyo Nari Unnoayan Niti).

Bhutan

A team from Bhutan participated in the 1st International Training Course on National Level Capacity Building for developing National Trainers on " Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling – A Training course The '3 in 1 course" in New Delhi Organized by BPNI from 15th– 31st January 2006

Maldives

MOH shared draft code with RCO for inputs; Meetings were held with the revised Breastfeeding co-ordinating Committee; MOH identified focal point.

Nepal

A team from Nepal participated in the 1st International Training Course on National Level Capacity Building for developing National Trainers on " Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling – A Training course The '3 in 1 course" in New Delhi Organized by BPNI from 15th– 31st January 2006.

India

Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI)
for more visit : www.bpni.org

India has implemented the Code by enacting “Infant Milk Substitutes,Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production,Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992, as Amended in 2003"( IMS Act).BPNI adapted the theme of World Breastfeeding Week August 1-7, 2006 in India as: “The IMS Act: Making it known to people”more

Advocacy and Networking

An Advocacy document “Say no to Sponsorship” based on WHA resolution was prepared by BPNI and distributed at PEDICON 2005 (Annual Conference of Indian Academy of Pediatrics) and to other Stakeholders for making them aware about recent violations of The IMS Act. http://www.ibfan-asiapacific.org/say-no-to-sponsorship.pdf

Seminar /Conference

Training of Trainers

A training course was organized by BPNI & Unicef in Hindupur (AP) training material sent to Hindupur & other states: BPNI Andhra Pradesh in association with Vaidya Vidhan Sabha, Andhra Pradesh and UNICEF, Hyderabad organized a training course in IYCF Counseling from 7th to 20th April 2006 at Hindupur, Andhra Pradesh. A total of 7 trainers and 37 block level co-trainers were certified in that training. The block level co-trainers (CDPOs and supervisors) will impart training to frontline workers. This was the first course of its kind in Andhra Pradesh, in which first week of the training was for preparation of the trainers and second week for co-trainers course. Dr KP Kushwaha was the course director who conducted the course.

BPNI Organized an International Course on Building of Country and State level Training Teams in “The 3 in 1 Course” in New Delhi from 15th– 31st January 2006: BPNI / IBFAN Asia Pacific in collaboration with University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) and Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital (GTB), Delhi organized the First International Training Course for developing National Trainers on “ Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling- A Training Course The ‘3 in 1 Course’”, an integrated course on breastfeeding, complementary feeding and infant feeding & HIV. The course was held from 15th January – 31st January 2006 in New Delhi, India. Outside teams came from Nepal, Laos PDR, and Bhutan along with Indian states like Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chandigarh and Jammu & Kashmir. Training was started on 15 January 2006 after a short inaugural attended by Medical Superintendent, GTB Hospital, Delhi, Dr. Tarsem Jindal, Chief Coordinator, BPNI & Dr Arun Gupta, National Coordinator along with Prof. M.M.A. Faridi. Dr. Anita Gupta & Dr. Dheeraj Shah assisted in the training. A total of 6 Master Trainers were trained in the first phase and after 6 days the other participants joined the training. A total of 26 participants were trained for 7-day course to become Lactation Management Consultants. After 13 days of training all the participants, trainers and lactation consultants were provided certificates at the valedictory function. The training programme was highly successful.

Srilanka

Sarvodaya Women's Movement rganisation

Networking with other NGOs for publicizing handouts (local languages)“Babies Cannot Wait” (WABA) “Say no to sponsorship" (South Asia IBFAN)

SWM District Representatives Meeting – To establish Watch Groups comprising of MSG and FSG leaders during (July 25 – Aug 7th) 2006 for monitoring exercise on Sri Lanka Code (Basic training July 21, 2006 – How to carry out the monitoring Exercise? )