World breastfeeding week sustainable developmental goals

1. BREASTFEEDING
A KEY TO SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Presented by
Dr. Sadiq Ahmed
PGT Dept. of Community Medicine
Moderator- Prof.(Dr.) B.R.Das

2. Objective - 1
To inform people about
• the new sustainable development goals (SDGs)
and
• how
• improving breastfeeding,
• infant & young child feeding (IYCF) practices that contributes in
achieving these goals.

3. OBECTIVE 2
To engage and collaborate with wider
range of actors
for
•promotion,
•protection and
•support of breastfeeding.

4. OBJECTIVE 3
• To explore ways to mobilize a variety of
actions at all levels to enhance breast
feeding and IYCF.

5. SDGs
• World Breastfeeding Week 2016 (1-7 Aug) focuses on-
• the 17 SDGs that govt. around the world
have agreed to achieve by 2030.
• How to achieve?
• Through-
• Protection
• Promotion and
• Support of breastfeeding.

6. How breastfeeding is relevant to SDGs
1st goal on “No poverty”- natural, affordable,
economical way.
2nd goal on “zero hunger”- exclusive and continued
breastfeeding n beyond.
3rd goal on “good health & wellbeing”- both child
and mother.
4th goal on “quality education”- mental and
cognitive development.

7. How breastfeeding is relevant to SDGs
contd
8th goal on “decent work & economic growth”-
support at work n adequate maternity protection.
10th goal on “reduced inequalities”- bridge poor
and rich
13th goal on “climate action”- at times of adversity,
disaster.

8. BREASTFEEDING AND SDGs
• SURVIVAL, HEALTH & WELLBEING
• NUTRITION, FOOD SECURITY AND
POVERTY REDUCTION
• ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

9. SURVIVAL, HEALTH & WELLBEING
• Preventing 13% of all deaths of children
under 5 years
• Reduce 1/3rd of respiratory infection
• And about half of all diarrhea episodes.
• Lancet says longer breast fed- higher
intelligence.
• Reduction in risk of breast and ovarian
cancer of mother (7%)

10. NUTRITION, FOOD SECURITYAND
POVERTY REDUCTION
• Provides long term health and nutrition
benefit to the child
• Affordable
• Reduce type-2 DM by 35%
• Reduce obesity by 26%, 1/4th of India’s
20% obese children between 5-17 age
group.

11. ENVIRONMENTAND CLIMATE
CHANGE
•Zero waste
•Delivered without pollution
•Renewable food
•In India, sales of milk formula leads to
emission of 111,226 tonnes of GHGs.

12. WHERE INDIA STANDS ON
BREASTFEEDING POLICY,
PROGRAMME AND PRACTICES
• NFHS-4 data of 17 states- India is just doing average.
• Key indicators are-
• Initiation of breastfeeding 50.5% while institutional
delivery is 84.3%
• Exclusive breastfeeding 57%
• Complementary feeding 49.6%

13. ACTION IDEAS
• Organize workshop in school and colleges
• Conduct exhibition, hold a painting, debate,
songs etc on WBW theme.
• Organize mike rally/ street theatre to
spread awareness about risk of formula
feeding.
• Use social media to inform wider group of
people.

14. THANK YOU