DR. Arun Gupta

Dr. Arun Gupta MD FIAP
Central Co-ordinator - Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI),
Regional Coordinator- IBFAN South Asia,
Convener-Nutrition Advocacy in Public Interest (NAPi)- India,
Convener-Alliance Against Conflict of Interest(AACI),
BP-33, Pitampura | Delhi- 110034
Email id : arun.ibfan@gmail.com
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2019
Interpreting the World Health Assembly Targets on Exclusive Breastfeeding by 2025: What is expected of each country?
Dr. Arun Gupta, Dr. JP Dadhich, Patti Rundall and Nupur Bidla. World Nutrition 2019(10):152-155

The World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative: Implementation of the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding in 84 countries
Arun Gupta, Shoba Suri, J. P. Dadhich, Marta Trejos & Barbara Nalubanga. Journal of Public Health Policy volume 40, pages35–65(2019)

Skilled Counseling in Enhancing Early and Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates: An Experimental Study in an Urban Population in India
Arun Gupta, JP Dadhich, S Manazir Ali, Neelima Thakur. Indian Pediatrics Vol 56, Feb 15, 2019, pages 114-118.

2018
Infant and Infant and Young Feeding Practices in India: Current Status and Progress Towards SDG Targets
Arun Gupta and Neelima Thakur. Proc Indian Natn Sci Acad 84 No. 4 December 2018 pp. 853-865

2017
The nine months of pregnancy is the right time to start thinking about how to feed a baby
While brestfeeding is considered to provide more nutrition and protection, women must be given information about the choices and support for their decisions.

India is planning a network of human breast-milk banks but first needs to put safeguards in place
Breast-milk collected from donors on a large scale need to be checked for adulteration and contamination.

India looks to Modi for justice to the undernourished child
Come 2022, as India turns 75, the government's success will be judged against India's darkest distended underbelly, its millions of unhealthy malnourished children.

'Do more to prevent conflict of interest'
Conflict of interest is a set of cirumstances in which professional judgement may be unduly influenced by secondary interests.

No, India is not a ‘breastfeeding nation’. But it badly needs to be one
Caught between unsupportive health workers and an unethical baby food industry, new mothers are being dissuaded from breastfeeding. https://scroll.in , Jan.19 , 2017

Articles

2016

This Delhi NGO Has Been Fighting Baby Food Brands & Promoting Breastfeeding across Asia for 25 Years	www.thebetterindia.mco, Oct. 4, 2016
‘Breastfeeding rates can go up only if we invest in policy and programmes’	http://currenthealthscenario.blogspot.in/, Aug. 12, 2016
BREASTFEEDING THE CHILD, A biological norm and a sustainable nectar-providing exercise	Woman’s Era , May 2016
Breastfeeding practice , at its low in India	www.governancetoday.co.in, March 2016
As in the case of Swachh Bharat, India needs concerted action to beat malnutrition	http://www.sundayguardianlive.com/opinion/3575-case-swachh-bharat-india-needs-concerted-action-beat-malnutrition , March 5, 2016
INDIA: Ad-hoc action will perpetuate child malnutrition	http://www.humanrights.asia/opinions/columns/AHRC-ETC-006-2015 , February 12, 2016

2015


INDIA: Ad-hoc action will perpetuate child malnutrition	http://www.humanrights.asia/opinions/columns/AHRC-ETC-006-2015 , February 12, 2016
A fox building a chicken coop? World Health Organization reform: Health for All, or more corporate influence? Arun Gupta, Lída Lhotská	http://www.policyforum.net/, December, 2015
Infant nutrition: A must to steer India’s nutrition agenda	http://www.financialexpress.com/, December 9, 2015
Time for a National Program to Curb Declining Practice of Breastfeeding	http://governancetoday.co.in/ , September 14, 2015
‘Breastfeeding rates can go up only if we invest in policy and programmes’	Express Health Care, August 11, 2015
Conflict of interest in public health: should there be a law to prevent it? Arun Gupta, Radha Holla, Shoba Suri	Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, June 4, 2015
Investing in Breastfeeding – The World Breastfeeding Costing Initiative - Radha Holla, Alessandro Iellamo, Arun Gupta, Julie P Smith, Jai Prakash Dadhich	International Breastfeeding Journal Sample, February 23, 2015

2014

Manipulation by Association Is the Private Sector Undermining Nutrition?
Arun Gupta, J P Dadhich, Navdeep Singh Khaira, Radha Holla

Economic & Political Weekly (EPW ), July 26, 2014 vol xlIX 18 no 30

2013

Let's not be silent about breast-feeding,	Devex, Dec. 10, 2013
Are Child Malnutrition Figures for India Exaggerated? Arun Gupta, Biraj Patnaik, Devika Singh, Dipa Sinha, Radha Holla, R Srivatsan,Sachin Jain, Samir Garg, Sejal Dand, Sulakshana Nandi, Vandana Prasad,Veena Shatrugna	Economic & Political Weekly (EPW ), August 24, 2013 vol xlviii no 34
Should Developing Countries Incorporate Pneumococcal and Rotavirus vaccines in their National Immunisation Programmes Dr. Arun Gupta,Dr. Jp Dadhich	WebmedCentral, March 6, 2013 Article URL: http://www.webmedcentral.com/article_view/4111
How Can Global Rates of Exclusive Breastfeeding for the First 6 Months Be Enhanced? Arun Gupta, MD, FIAP, J. P. Dadhich, MD, and Shoba Suri, PhD	ICAN: Infant, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition, 2013

2012

The status of policy and programmes on infant and young child feeding in 40 countries Arun Gupta,Radha Holla, J P Dadhich, Shoba Suri, Marta Trejos and Joyce Chanetsa	Health Policy and Planning , July 4, 2012
International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) Statement on the Promotion and Use of Commercial Fortified Foods as Solutions for Child Malnutrition Dr. Arun Gupta	INDIAN PEDIATRICS,VOLUME 49, APRIL 16, 2012

2011

Enhancing optimal infant feeding practices in india - the world bank

Dr. Arun Gupta, J. P. Dadhich, Shoba Suri,

The World Bank June 2011

2010


Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding as a Public Health Intervention for Child Survival in India Dr. Arun Gupta, Dr. J.P. Dadhich and Dr. M.M.A. Faridi	Indian Journal of Pediatrics Vol 77, April 2010

2009

Commercialising Young Child Feeding in The Globalised World: Time to Call for an End!
Dr.Arun Gupta

Right to Food and Nutrition Watch

Count Infants in the Food Security Law

Dr. Arun Gupta

IBFAN Asia ,July 2009

Commercial Exploitation of Young Child Feeding and Malnutrition

Dr. Arun Gupta

2008

Manipulation by Assistance: Undermining Breastfeeding

Dr. Arun Gupta

Economic & Political Weekly , September 6, 2008

Flaws in Child Nutrition and Health Governance

Dr. Arun Gupta and Navdeep Singh Khaira

Economic & Political Weekly , April 26, 2008

A consensus call to national child health programs: "Drop mixed-feeding"

Dr. Arun Gupta and Dr. J.P. Dadhich

BPNI Information Sheet No. 26 , April 2008

2007

Neglect of Children Under Six

Jean Dreze, NC Saxena, Shantha Sinha, Aruna Roy, Kavita Srivastava, Harsh Mander, Vandana Prasad, Arun Gupta, Mirdula Bajaj, Annie Raja, Veena Shatrugna, Sudha Sundararaman

Economic & Political Weekly , March 31, 2007

2006

Infant and Young Child Feeding: An 'Optimal' Approach

Dr. Arun Gupta

Economic & Political Weekly , August 26, 2006

Breastfeeding and Child Health

Dr. Arun Gupta and Dr. Deeksha Sharma

Economic & Political Weekly , April 15, 2006

2005

Protecting IMS Act: Balancing Trade Interest and Child Health Panna Choudhury and Arun Gupta	Indian Pediatrics Volume 42, March 17, 2005
Breastfeeding and Brain Development (Cognitive Development)	BPNI Information Sheet - 9, February 2005
Why India must not repeal IMS Act http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/102693/1
Achieving the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) Invest More in Infancy and Prevent Child Malnutrition and Deaths 7th East Asia and Pacific Ministerial Consultation on Children Siem Reap, Cambodia. 23-25 March
Time for Action is NOW! IMA Bulletin (Uttaranchal State Branch) Vol-1 No- 6, January
BPNI's Biggest Battle Anatomy of a Rare Public Campaign Civil Society

2004

Infant and Young Child Undernutrition: Where Lie the Solutions? Arun Gupta and Jon E Rohde	Economic & Political Weekly ,December 4, 2004
Invest more to prevent child deaths http://southasia-oneworld.net/article/view/913000/1/5339	One World South Asia
No Child's Play Malnutrition Needs tackling in its Infancy http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/976358.cms	Times of India 31st December 2004
Why ensure exclusive breastfeeding for all babies? http:/southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/91300/1	One World south Asia 8 June 2004
Achieving High Rates of Exclusive Breastfeeding (The Evidence)	BPNI Technical Info Series- 6

2003

National Trends in Breastfeeding and Effective Strategies to improve breastfeeding Rates	IAP Bulletin, CHEN Nutricon- 2003 Page No- 20-29
Breastfeeding	P Special Volume 11, Community Pediatrics Page No- 404- 422
Status of Infant and Young Child Feeding - In 49 Districts (98 Blocks) of India: Summary Findings	BPNI Technical Info Series - 7
Protecting Mothers and Children A Law to Protect, Promote and Support Breastfeeding	BPNI Information Sheet- 2
NUTRITION: Status of infant and young child feeding in 49 districts (98 blocks) of India 2003 http://nrcw.nic.in/abstractdetails.asp?abstid=17&id=Abstracts

2002

Training in Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative

Jagdish Sobti, GP Mathur and Arun Gupta

JIMA

Vol: 100, No. 8, Pg 507- 509, Aug 2002

National Plan of Action for Promoting Breastfeeding : An Outline
Arun Gupta and Deepika Shrivastava

JIMA

Vol: 100, No. 8, Pg 498- 501, Aug 2002

Fifty-fourth WHA Resolution

JIMA

Vol: 100, No. 8, Pg 482, Aug 2002

WHO's Proposed Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding: A Viewpoint

Jagdish Sobti, GP Mathur and Arun Gupta

JIMA

Vol: 100, No. 8, Pg 502-506, Aug 2002

Infant Feeding in Resource Poor Countries in the face of HIV/AIDS: Lessons Learnt

UNGASS on Children, New York 8-10 May 2002

2001

Breastfeeding & Food Security	BPNI July 2001
Importance of Patient/Parents Education in Childhood Asthma Arun Gupta and Rita Gupta	Supplement- Indian Journal of Pediatr Vo- 68: S 53- S 64
Exclusive Breastfeeding - the first 6 months Dr. Arun Gupta, Dr. Mrs. Rita Gupta and Ms. Nirmala Selvam.	BPNI Update No- 1
Complementary Feeding Dr. Arun Gupta, Nirmala Selvam, Ruchika Chugh.	BPNI Update No- 2
Recommended Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding and Age of Introduction of Complementary Foods	BPNI/IBFAN 2001

1990-1999

Economic Value of Breastfeeding in India	The National Medical Journal of India Vol- 12, No- 3, May/June 1999, Pg- 123-128
Cup Feeding: An Alternative to Bottle Feeding in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit	Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, Vol- 45, April 1999, Pg 108-110
Right to information, Mothers and Children	BPNI
Breastfeeding and Medical Education	The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India Vol- 49, Nu- 4, August
Breastfeeding and Intelligence	NNF- W Bengal - Bulletin Vol-5, No- 2, November, Page no- 17
Economic Value of Breastfeeding in India	BPNI, The papers has been written on occasion of WBW 1988
Nestle in India	Hungry for Power , page no.16-18
Infant Feeding and Law	Journal of Indian Medical Association (JIMA), Vol 94, No- 3, March, Pg 108-110
Infant Feeding Practices Among Patients of Pediatrician and General Practitioners	Indian Journal of Pediatric, Vo- 59, Pg- 153-196
Economic Value of Breastfeeding in India Arun Gupta and John Rohde	Economic and Political Weekly, June 26, 1993, Pg- 1390-1393
Infant Feeding Practices Among Patients of Pediatricians and General Practitioners A. Gupta, J. Sobti and J.E. Rohde	Indian J Pediatr , Vol 59: Pg 193-196, 1992