Baby Friendly Community Initiative - MEDiCAM

Criteria for maintaining BFCI
Criteria 1: Participation of Commune Council
- At least 2 supervision visits per year to each BFCI village
- Participation in annual planning and review meetings with HC staff
- Comm Commune ne Council Co ncil ffunding nding or tangible ssupport pport
Criteria 2: Regular meetings for BFCI volunteers and follow-up after training
- All BFCI FC volunteers vo u tee s meet eet at the t e health ea t center ce te at least east 2 times t es per pe year yea
- Follow-up from the BFCI training is incorporated into all regular meetings at the health center
that involve BFCI volunteers (VHSG, TBA, BFCI, etc). Follow-up topics may include (but are
not limited to) review of technical information and recommendations, recommendations feedback from volunteers
and problem solving, supervision for reporting forms as needed, etc.
Criteria 3: Monitoring and Supervision
Two reports per year from the village to the health center
At least two supervision visits per year from the Health Center staff to each BFCI village
Cit Criteria i 44: Regular R l Trainings T i i for f BFCI volunteers l t
Existing BFCI volunteers are re-trained every 2 years.Once a year, the complete training is
offered to replacement volunteers (new volunteers that replace drop-out volunteers).
Criteria 5: Targeted home visits and monthly “Baby-Friendly Gatherings”
Mother Support Group (MSG) completes the monthly monitoring forms (Form 1) for all
children under 1 year of age, age every month. month
Supervision reports/checklists from HC staff and CWCFP confirm that the MSG has organized
at least 4 “Baby Friendly Gatherings” in the community in one year.
Monitoring g and Evaluation of BFCI
All partners implementing BFCI should report every six six-months months (April
and October) to the BFCI Coordinator at the National Nutrition
Program
The key “Baby “Baby-Friendly” Friendly” indicators include:
1. Proportion of infants who are put to the breast within 1 hour after
delivery (early initiation of breastfeeding) (0 (0-11.9 11.9 months of age)
2P 2. Proportion i of fif infants that h are exclusively l i l breastfed b fdi in the h first fi 6 6 months h
of life (0 (0-5.9 5.9 months of age)
3 3. Proportion P i of f children hild who h receive i any pre pre-lacteal l llacteal lf feeds d
4. Proportion of children aged 66-9
9 months who receive complementary
f food d( (semi (semi-solid i solid lid or solid) lid) in i addition dditi to t breastmilk. b t ilk
5. Proportion of children aged 66-12
12 months of age who ate any animal
products in the last 24 24 hours. hours
Roles and Responsibilities p of Key y
Players in BFCI
Responsibilities p of Mother Support pp Group p
Commune Council, Committee for Women and Children
Focal Point Point (CWCFP)
(CWCFP)
Health Center staff
Operational District
Provincial Provincial Health Department
National National- BFCI Coordinator at National Nutrition Program
M Monitoring i i and dE Evaluation l i of f BFCI(C BFCI (Con’t) ’ )
NNP will also collect programmatic indicators every six
months (April and October) on the following:
1. Number of BFCI villages g
2. Number of Health Centers trained in BFCI
3. Number of Operational Districts implementing BFCI
4. Number Number of of BFCI BFCI trainings trainings conducted conducted in in the the last last 6
6
months
5 5. Number N b of f BFCI BFCI volunteers l trained i d in i the h last l 6
6
months