1. Highlight of Progress Hana Bekele WHO/IST/ESA
Updated WHO/UNICEF Integrated Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Course
Highlight of Progress
Hana Bekele
WHO/IST/ESA

2. Outline of the Presentation
Background
Process
Ongoing work
Next steps

3. Background
In 2008, WHO developed a 5-day training package in IYCF counselling for Health workers: An integrated Course
In 2013, UNICEF and WHO agreed to jointly update and modify to
Include counselling cards similar to the Community Based IYCF Counselling Package into the package
Modify some of the training methodologies to incorporate more participatory adult learning methods
Incorporate the latest WHO recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV

4. …..and more so
To bring together previous WHO training courses such as:
Breastfeeding counselling, a training course;
Infant and young child feeding: an integrated course;
Combined course on growth assessment and infant and young child feeding
Community based infant and young child feeding counselling package
Complementary feeding counselling: a training course

5. Process The task started in 2014 in collaboration with UNICEF
In February 2016, WHO and UNICEF coordinated for a the multi-country field test and workshop in Nairobi, Kenya

6. Objectives of Pretesting
Assess the feasibility of incorporating more participatory adult learning methods
Assess feasibility of incorporating counselling cards into the 5-day Integrated IYCF Counselling Course for health workers

7. Outcomes of the Pretesting
Feedbacks on the strength and weaknesses of each session including training methodologies, counselling cards
An understanding of the similarities and difference between the Integrated IYCF Course and the Combined Course on Growth Assessment and IYCF Counselling
An outline of the next steps to facilitate the finalization of the Integrated IYCF Course

8. Still ongoing…
3-day, 5-day or 10-day training agendas being developed, as examples
Contents being finalized
Working on lay-out, editing,
clearances, etc.

9. Next Steps
Finalize the comprehensive infant and young child feeding training course which will include modules on
Breastfeeding
complementary feeding, and
growth monitoring
Launch the document in 2017

10. Thank you