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South Asia Breast feeding
Partners Forum IV , 10th – 13 Dec 2007, Habitat, New Delhi
The South Asia
Breastfeeding Partners Forum is an ongoing effort in South
Asia to protect, promote and support breastfeeding. Each year
the Forum is held in a different country in the region to strengthen
partnerships between the various breastfeeding partners. Earlier fora have been held in Dhaka, Katmandu and Kabul. Forum
IV was organized in New Delhi as a part of
this ongoing work in South Asia. The Forum
also identifies a specific theme related to breastfeeding. The theme for this
forum being Save Babies: Support Women to Breastfeed.
South Asia
Breastfeeding Partners Forum IV was jointly hosted by the National Commission
for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), Breastfeeding Promotion Network of
India (BPNI) and International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN-Asia). It was
supported by WHO -India, Planning Commission of
India, UNICEF- ROSA, SIDA (Swedish International Development Agency),
Netherlands Ministry of Cooperation and Development (DGIS), and World
Alliance for Breastfeeding Action.
It was attended by over
110 participants representing governments, national and international NGOs,
civil society organizations, professional organizations, and media from the
South Asian countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan and
Sri Lanka.
The objectives of the
forum were as given below:
 To
review the coverage of interventions of MDG-1 (eradication of extreme poverty
and hunger) and MDG-4 (reduction in child mortality) in South Asia with
regard to infant nutrition inputs at policy and programme
level.
To
initiate a periodic review process of MDG-4 and SDG-10 every 2 years.
To
share and discuss the progress made in past 2 years on initiatives for
supporting women enhancing early and exclusive breastfeeding in any of the
ten areas defined by the WBTi assessment.
To share specific experiences of training and
capacity building on infant and young child feeding counseling skills.
To
discuss how to mainstream infant and young child feeding counseling in child
health / development programs.
To follow up on the 'Kabul Declaration on
Infant and Young Child Feeding'.
To assist SAARC countries translate their
commitment to SDG 10 to effective action.
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