Infant & Young Child Feeding Practices in Haryana: Rewari, Narnaul, Faridabad and Gurgaon Districts

Introduction

Breastfeeding is the perfect way to provide the best food for a baby’s first six months of life, benefiting children the world over. But breastfeeding is so much more than food alone; breastfeeding protects babies from diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections, stimulates their immune systems and improves response to vaccinations, and contains many hundreds of health-enhancing molecules, enzymes, proteins and hormones.

Objective

The main objective was to impart training to selected batches of Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) on Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in four districts (Gurgaon, Faridabad, Rewari and Narnaul) of Haryana.

Coverage

The programme covered 20 Master Trainers and 1,366 Anganwadi Workers in four districts (Gurgaon, Faridabad, Rewari and Narnoul) of Haryana, during the year 2005-07.

Impact

(a) Building of a group of master trainers in the areas of Infant and Young Child -feeding Practices

• Infant nutrition
• Breast feeding positioning
• Care for seek child
• Care for adolescent mother
• Care for Pregnant Mother
• New natal and antenatal care
• Dealing with emergency case and service
• Women, Nutrition, health and Fertility
• HIV and Infant feeding
• Substitute IMS Act

(b) Creation of a group of Middle Level Trainers on

• Infant nutrition
• Breast feeding positioning
• Care for seek child
• Care for adolescent mother
• Care for Pregnant Mother
• New natal and antenatal care
• Dealing with emergency case and service
• Women, Nutrition, health and Fertility
• HIV and Infant feeding
• Substitute IMS Act

(C) Creation of a group of a group of front line workers for generate Awareness building on

• Infant nutrition
• Breast feeding positioning
• Care for seek child
• Care for adolescent mother
• Care for Pregnant Mother
• New natal and antenatal care
• Dealing with emergency case and service
• Women, Nutrition, health and Fertility