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Recommendatiions from groups

South Asia Declaration on Empowering Women for Optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding

Plenary-1 : Sharing of status in 2007, of implementing the Global Strategy for IYCF in the context of MDG-1 and MDG-4

• Afganistan : Ms. Zarmina Safi Director Nutr. MOPH Govt. of Afghanistan
• Bangladesh : Mr. Ranjit Kumar Biswas Executive Director National Nutrition Program (NNP)Govt. of Bangladesh
• India: Saroj Adhikari MWCD Govt. of India
• Nepal: Dr. Raj Kumar Pokharel, Chief of Nutrition Section ,Child Health Division MOH Nepal
• Sri Lanka : Dr. R Kesavan MOH Planning Section Govt. of Sri Lanka

Plenary-2 :Models for Supporting Women to implement optimal IYCF

• District model of integrating IYCF Counseling in government’s programmes – Experience in District Lalitpur, U.P.
• State model for plan of action for protecting, promoting & supporting IYCF, Uttarakhand.
• Sri Lanka experience
• Global Tracking Model: World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative( WBTi) Online demo

Plenary-3 :Strategies for supporting women to be successful in early and exclusive breastfeeding

• Community level support,: Research evidence from South Asia
• Strengthening Pre-service education of medical schools on IYCF

Plenary-4 : Presentation of Group work 1 (each group presents recommendations)

• Group 1: Policy and coordination, Code,
• Group 2: strengthening of In-service and pre-service education of health professionals(BFHI and beyond)
• Group 3: Community Outreach and universal access to skilled counseling,
• Group 4: HIV and infant feeding

Plenary-5 : Supporting women in human rights framework

• What working women require for successful breastfeeding

• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• India
• Nepal
• Sri Lanka