Understanding the indicators on IYCF policies and programmes

Part-I : IYCF Policies and Programmes 1.National Policy, Programme and Coordination 2.Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (Ten steps to successful breastfeeding) 3.Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes 4.Maternity Protection 5.Health and Nutrition Care Systems 6.Mother Support and Community Outreach 7. Information Support 8. Infant feeding and HIV 9. Infant and Young Child feeding during Emergencies 10. Mechanism of Monitoring and Evaluation System

Part-II : IYCF Practice Indicators 11. Early Initiation of Breastfeeding 12. Exclusive Breastfeeding for the first six months 13. Median duration of Breastfeeding 14. Bottle Feeding 15. Complementary feeding-introduction of solid, semi-solid or soft foods

Guidelines for Group Work The group work will be distributed as follows: Group 1 – Indicator 1,2,3; Group 2 – Indicator 4,5,6; Group 3 – Indicator 7,8,9,10. Each group will discuss the assigned indicators by reading out the question and each subset of it. The participants/group will suggest possible resources and will list them on VIPP cards/flip charts. This exercise has to be followed for each subset of question. Show and discuss about the identified source of information. Discuss methods to get desired information – from published/online documents, reports etc., visiting or interview with concerned persons and authorities