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This law IMS Act enacted 27 years back needs serious attention to effectively enforce it. It may need to have a change in rules of business to deal with it. Currently under WCD ministry it should be changed to MOHFW since most of the law has to be implemented by MOHFW . Secondly it requires a plan to be implemented which does not exist , not even with MWCD. Plan may contain activities like awareness of health workers and professionals, people about provisions of the law. It could also include a regular monitoring by the district health authorities at last a report every 1-2 years. This is about the commercial interference by baby food companies. Another mandate of the law (section 7) is to provide accurate information to all women. For this also you need a clear plan of action that does not exist. If GOI does make its mind to document a plan, it would need a budget, World bank estimates 4.7 US$ per child born to be spent on such activities, GOI could draw its own depending on where we are today. To protect, promote and support breastfeeding GOI could make it a high priority intervention to save newborns and infants, as well as protect women and others from NCDs.
This law IMS Act enacted 27 years back needs serious attention to effectively enforce it. It may need to have a change in rules of business to deal with it. Currently under WCD ministry it should be changed to MOHFW since most of the law has to be implemented by MOHFW . Secondly it requires a plan to be implemented which does not exist , not even with MWCD. Plan may contain activities like awareness of health workers and professionals, people about provisions of the law. It could also include a regular monitoring by the district health authorities at last a report every 1-2 years. This is about the commercial interference by baby food companies. Another mandate of the law (section 7) is to provide accurate information to all women. For this also you need a clear plan of action that does not exist. If GOI does make its mind to document a plan, it would need a budget, World bank estimates 4.7 US$ per child born to be spent on such activities, GOI could draw its own depending on where we are today. To protect, promote and support breastfeeding GOI could make it a high priority intervention to save newborns and infants, as well as protect women and others from NCDs.