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2.3. Goal and objective of the National IYCF Policy and Strategy
The IYCF Policy and Strategy is designed to contribute to the objectives of the Afghanistan National Health and Nutrition Sector Strategy 2008-2013 of reducing child and maternal mortality and malnutrition.
Its overall goal is the same as the overall goal of the Public Nutrition Policy and Strategy, namely: To reduce all forms of undernutrition, thereby improving the growth, development and health of Afghan infants and young children, through improved infant and young child feeding practices.
The objective of the Infant and Young Child Feeding Policy, and its associated Strategy is:
To increase the percentage of child caregivers adopting appropriate infant and young child feeding and caring practices (by 20%, by 2013).
Strategic components and approaches to achieve this objective are described in section 3 of the present document.
2.4. Purpose of the Infant and Young Child Feeding Policy and Strategy
The purpose of the present Policy and Strategy is to describe the Government of Afghanistan’s position on IYCF, in accordance with the Global Strategy on IYCF. All key stakeholders directly or indirectly involved in IYCF, notably health sector professionals, NGOs, UN agencies, military, and private sector, are responsible, and will be held accountable, for respecting the present Policy.
This document also clarifies the strategies that need to be adopted and interventions to be implemented to achieve the policy objectives. It will serve to support advocacy and resource mobilization, as well as coordination between the main implementing partners (MoPH Departments, BPHS partners, NGOs, UN, private sector, communities). Finally, it provides guidance on how to monitor the protection and promotion of optimal IYCF in Afghanistan.
","Strategy for Promoting Optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding
The IYCF Policy and Strategy is designed to contribute to the objectives of the Afghan National Health and Nutrition Sector Strategy and the overall goal of the Public Nutrition Policy and Strategy by focusing on the following objective:
To increase the percentage of child caregivers adopting appropriate infant and young child feeding and caring practices (by 20% by 2013).
This objective will be achieved through the following three strategy components:
1. Application of IYCF Policy and Strategy supported by advocacy, technical guidance and law enforcement
National IYCF Policy and Strategy
1. Disseminate the National IYCF Policy and Strategy amongst all key stakeholders (MoPH, MAIL, MoJ, MoMI, MoEd, MoRA, MoWA, NGO’s, private sector).
2. Regular updating of IYCF action plan and preparation of a resource mobilization plan to support the implementation of the IYCF Policy & Strategy
3. Review MoPH related sub-policies, strategies and guidelines and make sure IYCF has been reflected in these documents
The Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes
4. Establish a National Committee for the Enforcement of the Code
5. Establish enforcement mechanisms for the Code of Marketing of BMS
6. Disseminate information on the Code (including translations) and related legislation to all key stakeholders (Provincial Departments of Health, PRTs, private sector, all health facilities, MOWA, NGOs, etc.) through posters, leaflets, and workshops
7. Training of Code monitors (IBFAN)
Maternity protection
8. Establish enforcement mechanisms and develop guidelines for the implementation of the Maternity Protection Act
9. Inform working women of their rights under the Maternity Protection Act (e.g. through leaflets and radio; can be part of IYCF Public Awareness Campaign)
IYCF Guidelines
10. Review existing international guidelines and national training packages and develop a comprehensive and coherent set of harmonized guidelines covering IYCF policy and priorities and strategic interventions, namely: IYCF promotion in different health facilities (including BFHI guidelines); IYCF promotion at community level; Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies; Implementation of the Code, etc.
11. Disseminate guidelines to the relevant stakeholders, and conduct trainings on their implementation (c.f. also training activities under outputs 2 and 3)
Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies
12. As part of the Afghan IYCF guidelines, develop a section on IYCF in Emergencies based on the internationally endorsed Operational Guidance for IFE
13. Disseminate the IFE Guidelines to all relevant stakeholders (including the Disaster Management Committee, the PRT, NGOs and Provincial Development Councils) and ensure they are implemented in emergency situations.
2. Caregivers know optimal IYCF practices and are supported in providing optimal care and mobilizing the resources required for IYCF, through IEC/BCC and community support interventions.
Public awareness Raising
Establishment of community support groups and interventions
Integration of IYCF in non-health community-level interventions
3. IYCF promotion and counselling is effectively implemented as part of the BPHS and EPHS in all health facilities.
Capacity-building of various categories of personnel involved in implementation will be an integrated component of each strategic priority/output. Advocacy and resource mobilization will be essential to enable the implementation of the activities required to achieve these outputs. An advocacy and resource mobilization plan will therefore be developed. The activities to be implemented to achieve these outputs/strategic priorities are described below.
Expansion of Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative to more hospitals and selected health facilities providing MCH services
1. Review lesson learned from the current BFHI
2. Train pool of BF assessors/advocates at the central and regional level.
3. Develop tools, conduct assessment/re-assessment to certifying health facilities as Baby-friendly
4. Train health facility staff on measures required to comply with BFHI criteria and implement these measures
5. Supervise and monitor facilities and provide certificates for facilities complying with BFHI criteria
Integrationif IYCF counselling in all health gacilities
6. Develop guidelines and establish IYCF corners in health facilities, including breastfeeding counselling and participatory cooking sessions (N.B. can be part of child health corner)
7. Ensure IYCF counselling is part of health education activities, including breastfeeding demonstration and participatory cooking sessions
8. Ensure breastfeeding counselling and re-lactation assistance are part of the management of acute malnutrition (in TFU and CMAM)
9. Identify at least one referral centre in each province for referral of complicated and difficult lactation and IYCF cases.
Training of health staff on IYCF
10. Integrate IYCF into the curricula of all medical and paramedic education institutions including community midwifery school and postgraduate programs (esp. residency training programs in paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology).
11. Develop training packages and job aids on IYCF for different health staff categories, including: doctors, nurses, midwives, community midwives, and CHWs
12. Integrate IYCF training modules as part of in-service trainings, in particular for MCH staff, CHWs & midwives (e.g. as part of C-IMCI training)
13. Distribute printed material and job aids to all facilities, including for CHWs and community midwives as part of C-IMCI
15. Train and establish pool of trainers at the national level and in “each region” on MBFI and IYCF, in particular by training Provincial Nutrition Officers on IYCF
16. Train at least 2 MCH staff of each health facility.
17. Train out-reach staff to enable them to integrate IYCF in out-reach services.
","Indicator (Baseline, Target)
Overall Goal: The prevalence of chronic and global acute undernutrition among children 0-59 months and the prevalence of MDDs are reduced by 10% of current levels
Objective: To increase the percentage of child caregivers that have adopted appropriate infant and young child feeding and caring practices.
(see new WHO indicators for IYCF in annex 5)
Component 1: Application of IYCF Policy and Strategy supported by advocacy, technical guidance and law enforcement
Component 2: Caregivers know optimal IYCF practices and are supported in providing optimal care and mobilizing the resources required to apply adequate IYCF through IEC/BCC and community support interventions
Component 3: IYCF promotion and counselling is effectively implemented as part of the BPHS and EPHS in all health facilities
","Outcome indicators|Process indicators","","Breastfeeding|Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI)|Breastfeeding - Early initiation by 1 hour|Breastfeeding - Continued|Breastfeeding - Exclusive 6 months|Counselling on infant feeding in the context HIV|International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes|Maternity protection|Stunting in children 0-5 yrs|Wasting in children 0-5 years|Anaemia|Complementary feeding|Minimum acceptable diet|Growth monitoring and promotion|Breastfeeding promotion/counselling|Promotion of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months|Counselling on feeding and care of LBW infants|Complementary feeding promotion/counselling|Nutrition in the school curriculum|Promotion of fruit and vegetable intake|Media campaigns on healthy diets and nutrition|Nutrition counselling on healthy diets|Vitamin A|Iodine|Iron|Zinc|Micronutrient supplementation|Food fortification|Wheat flours|Food grade salt|Management of severe acute malnutrition|Home, school or community gardens|Improved hygiene / handwashing","","","","","https://extranet.who.int/nutrition/gina/sites/default/filesstore/AFG%202009%20National%20Infant%20and%20Young%20Child%20Feeding%20Policy%20and%20Strategy.pdf"