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Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) Curriculum for Programme Managers, Version 2.

Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) Curriculum for Programme Managers, Version 2.

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Save the Children (SC) has developed the Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Training Curriculum for Programme Managers (also known as the “IYCF-E Curriculum”) with the aim to equip health and nutrition professionals with the skills, knowledge, and understanding required to protect and support infants, young children, and their caregivers during emergencies through IYCF-E interventions which are consistent with the latest global guidance, policies, best practices, and minimum standards.

It can be used as an in-depth regional, country, and/or organisational level training to develop and enhance an individual’s ability to manage or contribute towards the development and implementation of an IYCF-E programme. It can be adapted to a specific context and made more relevant as needed.

Upon completing the full curriculum, participants will be able to do the following:

  • Assess, justify, and advocate for the need for IYCF-E programming when preparing for and responding to an emergency.
  • Describe which actions decision-makers, planners, and emergency responders across all sectors can take to protect, promote, and support recommended IYCF and care practices during emergencies.
  • Design and operationalise contextually appropriate, effective, accessible, and inclusive IYCF-E programmes and interventions.

The IYCF-E Curriculum includes 26 sessions: 15 core sessions and 11 optional sessions. Click on the links below to discover the content of the sessions.

Don’t miss our newest session here: New: IYCF-E and Early Childhood Care and Development.

This training package is available in English, Spanish, French, and Arabic.  To access the other languages, click on language then on the desired language.

Download the flyer in English | Spanish | French | Arabic

To provide feedback, contact: iycfe@savethechildren.org

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This IYCF-E Curriculum was developed by Save the Children with technical input and review by members of the Infant Feeding in Emergencies Core Group and other IYCF-E experts. The IYCF-E Curriculum Version 2 was made possible thanks to the generous support of the American people through funding by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of Save the Children and the IFE Core Group and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

Save the Children welcomes partners to utilize this curriculum to support quality IYCF-E programming through capacity strengthening activities. All elements of the curriculum are copyrighted but may be reproduced with appropriate acknowledgments by any method without fee or prior permission for teaching purposes, but not for resale.

Chapters

  • Facilitators Guide and Training Tools

  • 1. Training Introduction

  • 2. The Importance of IYCF-E

  • 3. Cultural Beliefs and Disaster Myths

  • 4. Policies, Legislations, and Guidelines

  • 5. IYCF-E Response

  • 6. Maternal Nutrition in Emergencies

  • 7. Complementary Feeding in Emergencies

  • 8. Breastfeeding in Emergencies

  • 9. Social and Behavior Change for IYCF-E

  • 10. IYCF Counselling in Emergencies

  • 11. Relactation, Wet Nursing and Donor Human Milk in Emergencies

  • 12. Supporting Breastmilk Substitute (BMS)-dependent Children in Emergencies

  • 13. Caregiver Wellbeing and IYCF-E

  • 14. Action Planning

  • 15. Training Completion

  • A. IYCF-E Coordination

  • B. Early Initiation of Breastfeeding in Emergencies

  • C. IYCF-E and ECCD

  • D. Integration and Multisector Support

  • E. IYCF-E Situational Analysis and Needs Assessment

  • F. Preventing and Managing Harmful Donations in Emergencies

  • G. IYCF-E Media Communication

  • H. IYCF-E Staffing and Capacity Strengthening

  • I. IYCF-E & HIV

  • J. IYCF-E During Infectious Disease Outbreak

  • K. Supportive Spaces for IYCF-E

Chapter 0

Facilitators Guide and Training Tools

Facilitators Guide and Training Tools

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Facilitator Guide

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Annex A - Planning Checklist

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Annex B - Learnning Objectives and Session Descriptions

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Annex C - Sample Agenda

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Annex D - Questions Bank: Pre and Post Training Test

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Annex E - Level of confidence: Pre and Post Training Self Assessment

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Annex F - Training Evaluation Questionnaire

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Annex G - Questions Techniques

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Annex H - Energizer Examples

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Chapter 1

1. Training Introduction

This session is 90 minutes long and aims to introduce participants to the training and discuss expectations.
By the end the session, participants will be able to:
1. Outline the course aim, objectives and learning journey
2. Know your trainers and other participants
3. Address your expectations, concerns and questions and jointly agree on ways of learning and working together

Training Introduction

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Session Plan: Training Introduction

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Presentation: Training Introduction

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Training Aid: IYCF-E Capacity Assessement Guide

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Participant Handout: IYCF-E Capacity Assessement Tool

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Training Aid: Learning Contract

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Chapter 2

2. The Importance of IYCF-E

This session is 75 minutes long and aims to enable participants to recognize the importance of IYCF-E in general and their context specifically, so they can justify and advocate for IYCF-E in current and future emergency responses. By the end the module, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the importance of recommended infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices in infancy and early childhood, especially during emergencies
2. Explain the risks of using breastmilk substitutes (BMS), especially during emergencies
3. Recognize the impact of emergencies on IYCF practices and the need for IYCF-E interventions.

 

The Importance of IYCF-E

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Session Plan: Importance of IYCF-E

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Presentation: Importance of IYCF-E

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Activity Material: Power of Breastfeeding

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Video: Human Milk - Tailor Made for Tiny Humans

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Video: Stronger with Breastmilk Only West and Central Africa (WCA)

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Video: Importance of IYCF-E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8LWPtz-FCY

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Chapter 3

3. Cultural Beliefs and Disaster Myths

This session is 45 minutes long and aims to enable participants to recognize the importance of IYCF-E in general and their context specifically, so they can justify and advocate for IYCF-E in current and future emergency responses. By the end of the module, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the importance of recommended infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices in infancy and early childhood, especially during emergencies
2. Explain the risks of using breastmilk substitutes (BMS), especially during emergencies
3. Recognise the impact of emergencies on IYCF practices and the need for IYCF-E interventions.

Cultural Beliefs and Disaster Myths

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Session Plan: Cultural Beliefs and Disaster Myths

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Presentation: Cultural Beliefs and Disaster Myths

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Chapter 4

4. Policies, Legislations, and Guidelines

This session is 75 minutes long and aims to orient participants to relevant policies, guidelines and recommendations so that they can verify that IYCF-E programmes are aligned. By the end the module, participants will be able to:

1. Describe global and national IYCF / IYCF-E policies, legislation, strategies and guidelines and any gaps in national documentation
2. Demonstrate understanding of the central importance of the Operational Guidance on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies and the The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (“The Code”)
3. List the key content and key steps for issuing a Joint Statement on IYCF-E
4. List the key elements that should be included in an agency IYCF-E policy to uphold minimum standards
5. Name the three key elements needed to influence policy through advocacy

 

Policies, Legislations, and Guidelines

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Session Plan: Policies, Legislation, and Guidelines

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Presentation: Policies, Legislation, and Guidelines

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Activity Material: Policy Mix and Match

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Participant Handout: Breastmilk Substitute Code Quick Guide

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Video: The Code at 40

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Video: Scoping Review of the Code

https://youtu.be/fXaTYeo4CPY

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Chapter 5

5. IYCF-E Response

This session is 105 minutes long and aims to provide participants with an overview of a comprehensive Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) response and explore actions decision makers, planners and emergency responders across all sectors can take to protect, promote and support infants and young children during emergencies. By the end the session, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the key components of an IYCF-E response
2. Explain supportive, non-technical actions that all sectors can take to protect and support IYCF at the start of an emergency
3. Recognise cross cutting issues to ensure programmes are inclusive, culturally and locally appropriate and gender and age sensitive.
4. Describe common obstacles to IYCF-E programming and recognise appropriate mitigation strategies
5. Recognise the similarities and differences between Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) and IYCF-E programmes.

 

IYCF-E Response

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Session Plan: IYCF-E Response

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Presentation: IYCF-E Response

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Video: IYCF-E Orientation

https://youtu.be/8pylW0-OJA4

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Video: IYCF-E Framework Introduction Video

https://youtu.be/kkHGm2_ZKWU

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Participant Handout: IYCF-E Framework for Camp Management

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Participant Handout: IYCF-E Framework for Child Protection

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Participant Handout: IYCF-E Framework for Education

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Participant Handout: IYCF-E Framework for Food Security and Livelihoods

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Participant Handout: IYCF-E Framework for Nutrition Programmes

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Participant Handout: IYCF-E Framework for Public Health

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Participant Handout: IYCF-E Framework for Settlement and Shelter

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Participant Handout: IYCF-E Framework for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

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Participant Handout: Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) Steps for Successful Breastfeeding

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Participant Handout: Implementation of Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) Steps in DRC

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Participant Handout: IYCF-E Standard Operating Procedure Actions by Timeline

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Chapter 6

6. Maternal Nutrition in Emergencies

This 95 minute session aims to enable participants to demonstrate an understanding of the nutritional needs of pregnant and lactating women (PLWs), to recognize the importance of maternal nutrition in emergencies, and to ensure contextually appropriate nutritional support for PLWs in an emergency. By the end the module, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the nutritional needs, and drivers of malnutrition in pregnant and lactating women during emergencies.
2. Articulate the importance of protecting nutrition in pregnant and lactating women in order to protect and support their health and wellbeing, as well as recommended IYCF practices, and to break inter-generational cycles of growth failure.
3. Describe interventions and emerging innovative practice that protect, promote and support optimal nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding in women.

 

Maternal Nutrition in Emergencies

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Session Plan: Maternal Nutrition in Emergencies

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Presentation: Maternal Nutrition in Emergencies

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Chapter 7

7. Complementary Feeding in Emergencies

This 90 minute session aims to enable participants to consider how complementary feeding may be disrupted or undermined in their emergency context, so they can design contextually appropriate and effective interventions to protect, promote and support recommended complementary feeding practices. By the end the module, participants will be able to:
1. Recall key characteristics of adequate and inadequate complementary feeding practices
2. Describe challenges with complementary feeding that may be encountered during an emergency
3. Identify contextually appropriate interventions to protect, promote and support recommended complementary feeding practices alongside continued breastfeeding during an emergency

Complementary Feeding in Emergencies

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Session Plan: Complementary Feeding in Emergencies

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Presentation: Complementary Feeding in Emergencies

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Video: How Much and How Often to Feed the Young Child

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Training Aid: Complementary Feeding Practices

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Participant Handout: Action Framework

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Participant Handout: Intervention to Meet Complementary Feeding Needs in Emergencies

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Video: How to Feed Your Young Child With Care (Responsive Feeding)

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Chapter 8

8. Breastfeeding in Emergencies

This 90-minute session aims to ensure participants have key knowledge about breastfeeding physiology, in relation to how breastfeeding may therefore be disrupted during an emergency and what can be done to protect and support it. By the end of the module, participants will be able to:

1. Recall how breastfeeding works (lactation physiology) and state ways to support it to work well
2. Identify ways in which breastfeeding may be disrupted or undermined during an emergency
3. State the minimum standards and key interventions for protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding in an emergency

Breastfeeding in Emergencies

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Session Plan: Breastfeeding in Emergencies

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Presentation: Breastfeeding in Emergencies

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Training Aid: Breastfeeding Problem Tree

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Activity Materials: Breastfeeding Problem Tree

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Video: Nasrin in Bangladesh

https://youtu.be/J0DGAoL5MUU

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Chapter 9

9. Social and Behavior Change for IYCF-E

Emergencies frequently disrupt people’s ability to practice life-protecting behaviors, such as exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding. Understanding what prevents people from practicing these behaviors and addressing the main barriers should be an integral part of any emergency response. After this 105-minutes session, participants will better understand how behavior changes and what humanitarian practitioners can do to accelerate progress for all children and communities. By the end the module, participants will be able to: 1. Describe what social and behavior change programming is and what it can and cannot do. 2. Describe common SBC activities used in IYCF-E. 3. Explain how to select the appropriate SBC interventions for an IYCF-E context.

Social and Behavior Change for IYCF-E

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Session Plan: Social and Behavior Change for IYCF-E

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Presentation: Social and Behavior Change for IYCF-E

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Participant Handout: Social and Behavior Change Approaches and Activities Used for IYCF-E

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Training Aid: Identifying Barriers and Selecting Appropriate Social and Behavior Change Activities – Case Studies

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Participant Handout: Identifying Barriers and Selecting Appropriate Social and Behavior Change Activities: Case Studies

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Chapter 10

10. IYCF Counselling in Emergencies

This 120-minute session aims to enable participants to design and operationalise contextually appropriate, inclusive and accessible Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Counselling services in accordance with global guidance and guidelines. By the end of the module, participants will be able to:

1. Explain what IYCF Counselling is and why it is an important, priority intervention during emergencies
2. Use key global guidance documents to design and operationalise contextually appropriate IYCF counselling programmes
3. Recognise common challenges and identify acceptable compromises and adaptations for delivering IYCF counselling in emergency settings

 

IYCF Counselling in Emergencies

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Session Plan: IYCF Counselling in Emergencies

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Presentation: IYCF Counselling in Emergencies

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Video: The Nutrition Counselling Visit

https://youtu.be/McruIwzLGE8

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Participant Handout: Counselling in Emergencies: Call to Action

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Video: Nyathak in Ethiopia

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Video: Why Skilled Breastfeeding Counselling Matters: Mothers' Voices

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Training Aid: Operational Guidance on Counselling in Emergencies

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Training Aid: Designing a Counselling Programme: Instructions

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Activity Materials: Designing a Counselling Programme: Case Study

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Activity Materials: Designing a Counselling Programme Group 1 (Recipients)

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Activity Materials: Designing a Counselling Programme Groups 2 and 3 (Timing and Frequency)

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Activity Materials: Designing a Counselling Programme Group 4 (Mode)

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Video: Counselling Tips during COVID-19

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Chapter 11

11. Relactation, Wet Nursing and Donor Human Milk in Emergencies

This 120-minute session aims to enable participants to understand key aspects of managing non-breastfed and partially breastfed children and to identify and operationalise contextually appropriate interventions to provide safer alternatives to infant formula. By the end the module, participants will be able to:

1. Explain why it is important to first explore infant feeding options other than breastmilk substitutes
2. Identify alternative feeding options to breast milk substitutes that minimise risk for non-breastfed and partially breastfed infants and assess their contextual appropriateness and feasibility for a given emergency context
3. Design and operationalise interventions to facilitate alternative feeding options for non-breastfed and partially breastfed infants in emergencies

 

Relactation, Wet Nursing and Donor Human Milk in Emergencies

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Session Plan: Relactation, Wet Nursing, and Donor Human Milk in Emergencies

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Presentation: Relactation, Wet Nursing, and Donor Human Milk in Emergencies

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Video: Anjuman in Bangladesh

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Activity Material: Case Scenario

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Video: Relactation Overview

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Video: Drip Drop Method

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Poster: Drip Drop Method

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Poster: Cup Feeding

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Poster: Skin to skin

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Poster: Increasing Breastmilk Supply

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Participant Handout: Wet Nursing Article Abstract

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Video: Donor Human Milk: Vietnam Case Study

https://youtu.be/uhJt7TYoYP8

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Chapter 12

12. Supporting Breastmilk Substitute (BMS)-dependent Children in Emergencies

This 120-minute session aims to enable participants to understand key aspects of managing non-breastfed children and to design and operationalise interventions to provide appropriate Breastmilk Substitute (BMS) support for infants in exceptional circumstances while taking measures to minimize risks. By the end of the module, participants will be able to:

1. Assess and justify the need for BMS programming in an emergency
2. Explain how to design and implement a contextually appropriate BMS management programme in accordance with global guidance and the Code
3. Describe how to minimise risks associated with the use of BMS in emergencies
4. Specify the key supplies for a BMS programme

Supporting Breastmilk Substitute (BMS)-dependent Children in Emergencies

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Session Plan: Supporting Breastmilk Substitute Dependent Children in Emergencies

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Presentation: Supporting Breastmilk Substitute Dependent Children in Emergencies

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Activity Materials: Infographic - Planning and Managing Artificial Feeding Interventions

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Activity Materials: Infographic: Supporting Infants Dependent on Artificial Feeding

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Activity Materials: Ready to Use Infant Feeding & Powdered Infant Feeding Pros and Cons

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Chapter 13

13. Caregiver Wellbeing and IYCF-E

This 120-minute session aims to enable participants to ensure that Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) programmes do no harm and support maternal/caregiver wellbeing in contextually appropriate ways. By the end of the module, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the importance of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in relation to IYCF-E
2. Identify how MHPSS can be integrated into IYCF-E programmes
3. Describe simple ways to provide trauma-informed care within IYCF-E programmes

Caregiver Wellbeing and IYCF-E

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Session Plan: Caregiver Wellbeing

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Presentation: Caregiver Wellbeing

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Recording: Short Grounding Exercise

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Video: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)

https://youtu.be/uhJt7TYoYP8

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Video: Breastfeeding and Relationship Building

https://youtu.be/gD727AOQSDI

(51.6 MiB)

Video: Tronick's Still Face Experiment

https://youtu.be/f1Jw0-LExyc

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Video: Breastfeeding During Stress

https://youtu.be/TvObXpiIwxw

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Video: Trauma and the Brain

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Chapter 14

14. Action Planning

This 90-minute session aims to maximise the impact of this training, the purpose of this final session is to support the translation of learning into actions which will strengthen the Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) Response(s) which participants are involved in. The output of this final session will be an IYCF-E action plan for the IYCF-E Coordination mechanism to implement, which identifies what participants can contribute as individuals and via the agencies they work for. By the end the module, participants will be able to:

1. Explain how you will apply your newly acquired IYCF-E skills and knowledge to your daily work to contribute to strengthening IYCF-E capacity within your agency
2. Use the IYCF-E Capacity Assessment Tool and process in order to plan and conduct regular IYCF-E Capacity Assessments at agency and cluster/sector level.
3. Detect gaps in IYCF-E capacity and present a joint plan which identifies specific capacity strengthening actions to improve and scale up IYCF-E Preparedness/Response

 

Action Planning

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Session Plan: Action Planning

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Presentation: Action Planning

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Participant Handout: Action Planning

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Chapter 15

15. Training Completion

This 75-minute session aims conclude the training, complete post assessment forms, and distribute certificates if relevant. By the end of this session participants will be able to:

1. Determine whether the learning objectives and their expectations for the training were met
2. Assess whether their knowledge, understanding and confidence in IYCF-E has increased
3. Provide feedback regarding the training curriculum and its delivery
4. Receive their certificate

 

Training Completion

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Session Plan: Action Planning

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Presentation: Action Planning

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Chapter 16

A. IYCF-E Coordination

This 90-minute session aims to support participants to confidently engage with and utilise Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) Coordination mechanisms and actively contribute to strengthening coordination during emergencies. By the end the module, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the purpose and importance of IYCF-E coordination
2. Identify the main actors and structures with IYCF-E coordination responsibilities
3. Determine the current level of coordination capacity in your operating context
4. Identify key tools and approaches to support effective IYCF-E coordination

IYCF-E Coordination

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Session Plan: IYCF-E Coordination

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Presentation: IYCF-E Coordination

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Participant Handout: Roles and Responsibilities

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Chapter 17

B. Early Initiation of Breastfeeding in Emergencies

This 120-minute session aims to enable participants to support the early initiation of exclusive breastfeeding within maternity services during emergencies.
By the end the module, participants will be able to:
1. State key newborn interventions to protect and support maternal and newborn health and nutrition status
Describe the possible impact of emergencies on the practice of early initiation of exclusive breastfeeding
3. Describe the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding that should be integrated into maternity services during emergencies
4. Identify barriers and solutions to implementing interventions to support early initiation of breastfeeding during emergencies

Early Initiation of Breastfeeding in Emergencies

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Session Plan: Early Initiation of Breastfeeding in Emergencies

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Presentation: Early Initiation of Breastfeeding in Emergencies

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Activity Material: Obstetric Violence in Greece

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Training Aid: Demonstration of Importance of Delayed Cord Clamping

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Video: Early Initiation of Breastfeeding

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Video: Vietnam Centre of Excellence for Breastfeeding

https://youtu.be/YdG-fLUOCxo

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Participant Handout: Infographic: Early Initation of Breastfeeding in Emergencies

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Chapter 18

C. IYCF-E and ECCD

This 100-minute session aims to enable participants to explore key Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) concepts and identify how ECCD interventions overlap with nutrition interventions, allowing them to integrate programs in humanitarian settings.
By the end the module, participants will be able to:
1. Define the concepts of ECCD and the Nurturing Care Framework, and why they are important in emergencies
2. Explain how IYCF-E programming provides a platform to promote ECCD
3. Describe ways to incorporate Caregiver Wellbeing, Gender and Disability into integrated ECCDiE / IYCF-E service

IYCF-E and ECCD

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Session Plan: IYCF-E and ECCD

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Presentation: IYCF-E and ECCD

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Participant Handout: Key Definitions

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Participant Handout: The Nurturing Care Components

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Video: Caregiver Child Interactions Ghana 5 Month Old

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Video: Caregiver Child Interactions Ghana 9 Month Old

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Video: Caregiver Child Interactions Ghana

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Training Aid: OPTIONAL Responsive Care and Early Learning Activity

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Activity Material: OPTIONAL Responsive Care Story Cards

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Participant Handout: Early Learning

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Participant Handout: What Can Be Done

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Training Aid: How to Integrate Group Work

(115.7 KiB)

Chapter 19

D. Integration and Multisector Support

This 90-minute session aims to provide guidance to participants on what needs to be considered to create an “Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) friendly” environment and facilitate appropriate IYCF during emergencies, specifically though multi-sectoral integration of IYCF sensitive activities across sectors.

Integration and Multisector Support

8 resources

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Session Plan: IYCF-E Integration

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Presentation: IYCF-E Integration

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Training Aid: Integration Brainstorm the Advantages

(75.8 KiB)

Video: IYCF Framework Case Studies

https://youtu.be/p1nr3tW_24k

(97.2 MiB)

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Participant Handout: IYCF Framework-2-Pager

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Activity Material: IYCF Sensitive Activities

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Training Aid: Integration Barriers and Solutions

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Video: Case Study: From Ebola to COVID-19, Democratic Republic of the Congo

https://youtu.be/mSrtNYhUN1I

(46.6 MiB)

Chapter 20

E. IYCF-E Situational Analysis and Needs Assessment

This 105-minute session aims to enable participants to contribute to identifying what Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) data is needed, what exists and what needs to be updated; to collect, analyze and interpret IYCF-E data as part of needs assessments, and to disseminate and communicate data to inform decision making. By the end of the module, participants will be able to:

1. Select an appropriate IYCF-E assessment methodology, depending on the context and phase of the emergency.
2. Define and select key IYCF-E indicators and their definitions
3. Recognise early assessment alerts which indicate that further investigation and/or urgent action is needed
4. Collaborate with other actors to align methods, tools and indicators and design, plan and organise IYCF-E assessments

Session Plan: IYCF-E Situational Analysis and Needs Assessment

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Session Plan: IYCF-E Situational Analysis and Needs Assessment

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Presentation: IYCF-E Situational Analysis and Needs Assessment

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Activity Material: Indicator Matching Game

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Chapter 21

F. Preventing and Managing Harmful Donations in Emergencies

This 100-minute session aims to enable participants to understand why certain products should never be solicited, accepted or donated in emergencies and what can be done to prevent this from occurring and / or to reduce harm by intercepting and handling donations. By the end the module, participants will be able to:

1. List categories of products that should not be solicited or accepted as donations during emergencies.
2. Explain why it is important to comply with The Code and the OG-Infant Feeding in Emergencies with regards to donations in emergencies.
3. Identify ways in which inappropriate and harmful donations can be prevented.
4. Monitor for and report inappropriate donations and other Code violations.
5. Develop a contextually appropriate plan to manage unprevented donations.

Preventing and Managing Harmful Donations in Emergencies

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Session Plan: Preventing and Managing Harmful Donations in Emergencies

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Presentation: Preventing and Managing Harmful Donations in Emergencies

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Video: Nestle Senate Hearing

https://youtu.be/y0suPvcmHgU

(5.1 MiB)

Video: Breastmilk Substitute Distribution in Myanmar

https://youtu.be/0yEtB1pLLjM

(194.7 MiB)

Video: The Code - Forty Years of Saving Babies' Lives

https://youtu.be/zW3pRUqdEHE

(26.0 MiB)

Participant Handout: Stop Breastmilk Substitute (BMS) Distributions

(98.6 KiB)

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Activity Material: Examples of Problems with Donations

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Participant Handout: Donation Management Plan

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Training Aid: Donation Debate

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Participant Handout: Infographic: Preventing and Managing Inappropriate Donations of Breastmilk Substitutes

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Chapter 22

G. IYCF-E Media Communication

This 60-minute session aims to improve the quality of mass media, communications and advocacy activity on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E). By the end of the module, participants will be able to:

1. Explain how mass media communication can influence IYCF perceptions and practice during emergencies
2. State which key Communications & Advocacy actions to take at each stage of an emergency response
3. Identify and communicate key IYCF-E messages and narratives that are required for effective communication to positively impact IYCF outcomes

Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Media Communication

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Session Plan: IYCF-E Media Communication

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Presentation: IYCF-E Media Communication

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Video: Policewoman Breastfeeds Babies Post-Earthquake

https://youtu.be/zjl97OdoTsQ

(3.4 MiB)

Chapter 23

H. IYCF-E Staffing and Capacity Strengthening

This 75-minute session aims to enable participants to identify, utilize and strengthen existing Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) capacities as well as addressing capacity gaps where they exist. By the end the module, participants will be able to:

1. Identify who can provide IYCF-E services in an emergency

2. Describe common challenges with staffing IYCF-E programmes and identify possible solutions
3. Describe the key steps for conducting an IYCF-E Capacity Mapping and Assessment exercise and developing an IYCF-E Capacity Building Plan (for your organisation / the collective)
4. Locate materials to support training, sensitization and recruitment of staff
5. Recognise how to access IYCF-E technical advice and support at national, regional and global level
6. Explain how to champion and strengthen local and national capacity and to avoid activities or ways of working which inadvertently reinforce harmful power dynamics.

IYCF-E Staffing and Capacity Strengthening

5 resources

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Session Plan: Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Staffing and Capacity Strengthening

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Presentation: IYCF-E Staffing and Capacity Strengthening

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Participant Handout: Counselling Caseload Estimator

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Participant Handout: Staffing Challenges and Solutions

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Video: Maternity Protection at Work

https://youtu.be/LeBlAYBMwbo

(29.0 MiB)

Chapter 24

I. IYCF-E & HIV

This 90-minute session aims to introduce participants to key principals and considerations for integration of Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) and HIV programming during emergencies. By the end of the module, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the concept of HIV free child survival
2. Apply global guidelines and recommendations for IYCF and HIV in emergencies

IYCF-E & HIV

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Session Plan: IYCF-E & HIV

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Presentation: Presentation: IYCF-E & HIV

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Activity Materials: Think Pair Share

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Training Aid: Think Pair Share: Answers

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Participant Handout: HIV & IYCF-E Key Principles

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Chapter 25

J. IYCF-E During Infectious Disease Outbreak

This 90-minute session aims to enable participants to ensure that infants and young children are adequately protected and supported during infectious disease outbreaks through appropriate feeding recommendations and adequate multi-sector Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF)-sensitive activities. By the end of the module, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the importance of IYCF during infectious disease outbreaks
2. Anticipate and assess the impact of infectious disease outbreaks on IYCF
3. Explain the key principles for developing infant feeding recommendations for an infectious disease.
4. List key actions to take to mitigate the impact of an infectious disease outbreak on IYCF practices.

IYCF-E During Infectious Disease Outbreak

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Session Plan: IYCF-E During Infectious Disease Outbreak

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Presentation: IYCF-E During Infectious Disease Outbreaks

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Video: COVID-19: Old Tricks, New Opportunities

https://youtube.com/shorts/EJVgvyVyGVs?feature=share

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Video: Key Messages to Help Strengthen IYCF-E during COVID-19

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Video: Research on Country COVID-19 Guidance

https://youtu.be/hq3fK203USU

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Participant Handout: Infographic: Infant Feeding During Infectious Disease Outbreaks a Guide for Policy Makers

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Activity Material: Infectious Disease Outbreak Actions

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Participant Handout: Infographic: Infant Feeding During Infectious Disease Outbreaks a Guide for Programmers

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Chapter 26

K. Supportive Spaces for IYCF-E

This 60-minute session aims to provide participants with an overview of how supportive spaces for Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) can be used to deliver various services and activities for children under two and their caregivers and to enable participants to design and operationalise safe, accessible and inclusive services. By the end the module, participants will be able to:

1. Decide whether supportive spaces are needed and appropriate
2. Describe the different kinds of supportive spaces for IYCF-E and activities/services that can be provided within these spaces.
3. Design and operationalise supportive spaces for IYCF-E which are contextually appropriate, safe, accessible and inclusive.

Supportive Spaces for Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies

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Session Plan: Supportive Spaces for IYCF-E

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Presentation: Supportive Spaces for IYCF-E

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Video: Baby Tents in Haiti

https://youtu.be/uSGCYBQq6FU

(7.2 MiB)

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Video: Baby Cafes in Indonesia

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  • Facilitators Guide and Training Tools

  • 1. Training Introduction

  • 2. The Importance of IYCF-E

  • 3. Cultural Beliefs and Disaster Myths

  • 4. Policies, Legislations, and Guidelines

  • 5. IYCF-E Response

  • 6. Maternal Nutrition in Emergencies

  • 7. Complementary Feeding in Emergencies

  • 8. Breastfeeding in Emergencies

  • 9. Social and Behavior Change for IYCF-E

  • 10. IYCF Counselling in Emergencies

  • 11. Relactation, Wet Nursing and Donor Human Milk in Emergencies

  • 12. Supporting Breastmilk Substitute (BMS)-dependent Children in Emergencies

  • 13. Caregiver Wellbeing and IYCF-E

  • 14. Action Planning

  • 15. Training Completion

  • A. IYCF-E Coordination

  • B. Early Initiation of Breastfeeding in Emergencies

  • C. IYCF-E and ECCD

  • D. Integration and Multisector Support

  • E. IYCF-E Situational Analysis and Needs Assessment

  • F. Preventing and Managing Harmful Donations in Emergencies

  • G. IYCF-E Media Communication

  • H. IYCF-E Staffing and Capacity Strengthening

  • I. IYCF-E & HIV

  • J. IYCF-E During Infectious Disease Outbreak

  • K. Supportive Spaces for IYCF-E


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