| 2005
Training
Course in Jammu & Kashmir from 7-20
November 2005:A training
course of State level trainers for the
Jammu & Kashmir state was organised
from 7-20 November 2005 at Srinagar;
there were six trainers from J&K
who got training in the course. Apart
from that, in total 21 participants
attended the training from different
localities in J&K. Prof. K.P. Kushwaha
and Mrs. Khalida Jabeen were the course
director and assistant course director
respectively. The objective was to impart
training to state level trainers for
strengthening infant and young child
feeding in the J&K State. This training
helped participants to improve their
knowledge, counselling skills on IYCF
and to help increase the breastfeeding
rates and reduce the mortality and morbidity
of infants and young children in the
state. Future plans are to enhance the
middle level trainers resources in J&K.
Submission
of plans for Training of Middle level
Trainers and Anganwadi workers in the
State of Haryana. In September 2005:
BPNI has submitted a proposal based
on a tender of Haryana Govt on Proposal
for Imparting Training on Infant &
Young Child Feeding to Master Trainers
and Anganwadi Workers of ICDS to the
Department of Women & Child Development,
Government of Haryana, Chandigarh.
Another
National Consultation to finalise the
Training Material for “Infant
and Young Child Feeding Counselling
from 29th April to 1st May 2005: A
Training Course” was held in Gurgaon,
Haryana from 29th April to 1st May 2005.
Dr. K.P. Kushwaha, Dr. M.M.A. Faridi,
Dr. Ramneek Sharma, Dr. Kazmi, Dr. Ajay
Gaur and Dr. J.C. Sobti attended it.
It was in continuation of the earlier
meeting held in Delhi.
Formal
Release of Training Manual of “3
in 1 Course”. On 3rd August 2005,
Smt. Reva Nayyar, Secretary, MWCD, released
a Training Manual titled “Infants
and Young Child Feeding Counseling:
A Training Course, The 3 in 1 Course”
(an integrated course on breastfeeding,
complementary feeding and infant feeding
and HIV counselling). The function coincided
with World Breastfeeding Week and took
place in her office. Mr. Chaman Kumar
(Jt. Secretary), Ms. Parul Devi Dass
(Jt. Secretary), Mrs. Shashi Prabha
Gupta (Technical Advisor), Mr. M.S.
Negi (Dy. Secretary), Mrs. Neelam Bhatia
(NIPCCD, Dy. Director), Dr. Arun Gupta,
Dr. J.C. Sobti, Dr. Tarsem Jindal, Dr.
J.P. Dadhich and others from BPNI. Mr.
Werner Schultink, Mr. Eimar Barr and
Mrs. Deepika Shrivastav represented
UNICEF (India) at the function.
While releasing the manual, Secretary
(MWCD) appreciated the efforts made
by BPNI/ IBFAN in preparing these manuals.
She also mentioned that the problem
of malnutrition could be tackled by
giving proper information to the public
and acknowledged the work done by BPNI
in this area.
Dr. Arun Gupta explained that BPNI/IBFAN
in partnership with UNICEF and WABA
have developed a comprehensive and integrated
3 in 1 course manual. It is structured
in such a manner so as to prepare State
Level Trainers, who in turn would train
Middle Level Trainers and finally, the
Frontline Workers.
Middle level
trainers trained in IYCF Counseling
Skills,25
– 29 July and 1 – 5 August
2005:
A Report on the Training of Middle Level
Trainers in “IYCF Counseling Skills”
conducted at the MGM Medical College,
Indore, MP, during 25 – 29 July
and 1 – 5 August 2005, respectively,
was distributed to the Joint Secretary,
MWCD, Ministry of HRD, GOI and UNICEF
Country Office, India, Delhi. This training
was carried out in collaboration with
UNICEF, Bhopal, MP and Department of
WCD, Bhopal.
Development
of core material for training frontline
workers in Hindi and English:
Core training materials have been developed
for training of frontline community
workers and peer counsellors on Breastfeeding
and Complementary feeding: Towards Holistic
Development of the Child. These include
a training guide for community workers,
guidebook for community workers, and
a flipbook for communicating with the
mothers. These are available in Hindi
and English. The training material was
field tested in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
and Bihar and both trainers and participants
were satisfied with the materials.
Translation
in Hindi of training material on Infant
and Young Child Feeding counselling
–A training course. It was felt
at BPNI that for better understanding
and training it is better to have the
training materials in Hindi and local
languages. The following material has
been translated or is being translated:
In Hindi:
Material for Training of Trainers
- Participants Manual
- Overheads
- Counselling Guide for Infant Feeding
Options in PPTCT Programme
Material
for Training of Middle Level Trainer
(MLT)
- Manual for Middle Level Trainers
- Trainer’s Guide for MLTs
- Training Aids for MLTs
- A Manual for Frontline Workers
- Counseling Guide for Breastfeeding
and Complementary (Flip Chart)
Material
for Training of Frontline Workers
- A Manual for Frontline Workers
- Counseling Guide for Breastfeeding
and Complementary feeding (Flip Chart)
In
Urdu and Telugu (Under translation):
· Material for MLTs
· Material for Frontline Workers
Infant and
Young Child Feeding Counseling:A
training course in northern districts
(UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab).
Training of Middle Level Trainers on
“Infant and Young Child Feeding
Counselling-A training course”
was done in following three states:
- In
Jodhpur from 22-27 Jan 2005,
under the supervision of Dr. Kushwaha
and Dr. Raj Bhandari 24 participants
were trained as State Trainers. This
training course was organised by BPNI
in association with UNICEF.
-
In Gwalior from 7-11 Feb 2005,
Dr. Ramneek Sharma and Dr. Ajay Gaur
trained 27 participants to become
State Trainers.
-
In Dhar from16-20 March 2005,
Dr. K.F. Kazmi and Dr. M.M.A. Faridi
imparted training to 24 participants
that made them State Trainers.
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