Webinar on
INDIA: World Breastfeeding Week 2024
Closing the Gap - Breastfeeding Support for All Women Giving Birth in Maternity Hospitals in India, Both Public and Private Sector
Organised by: Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) in collaboration with: Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India (FOGSI) &National Neonatology Forum (NNF) on 7 August 2024 (Platform: Virtual)
Video recording
BPNI’s 7 tools for closing the gap
Tool 1: The model breastfeeding policy for hospitals
Tool 2: ‘i-Decide about feeding my baby’ for antenatal education
Tool 3: Monitoring breastfeeding data in the maternity hospitals
Tool 4: 18 indicators to monitor programmes
Tool 6: 4-Days Skilled counselling training for ANM and other community workers
Tool 7a: What Constitutes a Violation of the IMS Act?
Tool 7b: WBW 2024 IMS Act complete ppt Health Professionals
Tool 1 to 4 can be downloaded free, for tool 5 & 6 (Paid training programme), kindly contact BPNI at bpni@bpni.org
Resources
- PPT WBW 1-7 August 2024
- India's Data on Early initiation and institutional birth
- Breastfeeding Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) -National Accreditation Centre (NAC)
- WHO’s Ten steps to successful breastfeeding (revised 2018)
- World Bank. 2019. South Asia-Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in South Asia: Implementing Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding-India, Nepal, and Bangladesh Challenges and Opportunities (English). Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group.
- Walters D, Phan L, Mathisen R. The Cost of Not Breastfeeding: Global Results from a New Tool. Health Policy and Planning. 2019 June 24. Available from
- Evidence on C-Section and Early Breastfeeding
- Pérez-Escamilla, R., Martinez, J. L., and Segura-Pérez, S. (2016) Impact of the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative on breastfeeding and child health outcomes: a systematic review. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 12: 402–417.
