The aim of the strategy is to improve through optimal feeding, the nutritional status, health, growth and development and thus the survival of infants and young children. The objectives of the strategy are: To raise awareness of the main problems facing IYCF, identify approaches to their solution and provide a framework for essential interventions. To create an environment that will enable mothers, families and other caregivers in all circumstances to make and implement informed choices about optimal feeding practices for infants and young children National infant Feeding Steering Committee (NIFSC) to increase commitment of governments, international organizations and other concerned parties for optimal feeding practices of infants.
