About a year ago, Bharat Bhai, 47, decided to run for election in Baran Village, a small village of about 1,200 residents in the Bharuch District of Gujarat State, situated on the west coast of India.
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Jul 26 2022
For World Breastfeeding Week 2022, we've asked a variety of people how they support and promote breastfeeding. Moussa Ouare is a midwife and president of Espace Maman Allaité, an association of mothers, fathers and health service providers. This is how Mr. Ouare supports breastfeeding.
Jul 26 2022
For World Breastfeeding Week 2022, we've asked a variety of people how they support and promote breastfeeding. Hadjia TCHAPO Dapou Epse KONDOR is a nutritionist in the Division of Nutrition of Togo's Ministry of Public Health and Hygiene and Universal Access to Care. Here's how Hadjia supports breastfeeding.
Jul 26 2022
For World Breastfeeding Week 2022, we've asked a variety of people how they support and promote breastfeeding. Ngoc Nguyen, is a software engineer in Viet Nam, and founder of Momby, an app that provides expecting and new parents with essential, affordable, and timely information to keep themselves and their babies safe. Here's how Ngoc supports breastfeeding.
Jul 25 2022
Around the world, people are working every day to support and promote breastfeeding. We asked a variety of people how they support and promote breastfeeding. We're sharing one story for each day of World Breastfeeding Week - to inspire, to motivate, and, above all, to celebrate our collective vision of a world where women and children benefit from good nutrition.
May 25 2022
A new app designed to strengthen supportive supervision of frontline workers and improve nutrition service quality has been launched as a pilot in Gujarat State in India, the result of a partnership between the state government and Alive & Thrive.
May 24 2022
Alive & Thrive will formally launch a new program of activities in Nigeria in June thanks to support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
May 24 2022
The annual conference of the American Society for Nutrition will feature research from across Alive & Thrive program areas.
May 23 2022
Eleven medical college hospitals in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh states have launched efforts to integrate quality improvement programs in implementing standard MIYCN protocols for service delivery and strengthen maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) within their undergraduate curricula,
May 23 2022
For years, countries have used GDP to measure economic output – using the economic values of various activities as guides to policymaking. But for every country except Norway, the value of breastmilk has never been so considered.
May 21 2022
Violations of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (BMS Code) is contributing to low rates of exclusive breastfeeding in Cote d’Ivoire. A national initiative to train health workers on the Code, launched with support from Alive & Thrive, seeks to address the problem.
