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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Dec 09 2022
Seven state governments committed to partner with Alive & Thrive to scale up nutrition interventions as the country continues to advance its multisectoral agenda of improving national nutrition indicators.
Dec 08 2022
Health leaders from Cambodia and Laos learned about the Centers of Excellence for Breastfeeding initiative in Viet Nam and shared their insights and experiences for improving breastfeeding and newborn care ser
Sep 16 2022
A second cohort of nutrition leaders in West and Central Africa has completed the blended learning program aimed at building their capacity to implement programs to improve rates of exclusive breastfeeding using social and behavior change.
Sep 16 2022
Integrating maternal nutrition in antenatal care (ANC) platforms is feasible – and improves nutrition practices, according to the results of Alive & Thrive’s implementation research in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and India.
Sep 16 2022
After years of advocacy by multiple partners, the Government of Burkina Faso signed a revised decree in June on implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (BMS Code).
Sep 16 2022
Seeking to support efforts in West and Central Africa to accelerate implementation of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, Alive & Thrive’s East Asia Pacific regional office shared lessons learned from the Centers of Excellence for Breastfeeding (COE) approach during a webinar in August.
Sep 16 2022
Alive & Thrive will undertake a comprehensive effort to institutionalize its extensive knowledge and lessons learned on maternal, infant, young child and adolescent nutrition (MIYCAN) thanks to a new grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The new funding complements the initiative’s continuing work at the country level in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Madagascar, Nigeria, and the East Asia Pacific region.
Aug 01 2022
The updated Cost of Not Breastfeeding Tool, a collaboration of Nutrition International and Alive & Thrive, highlights the need for protection, promotion, and support for breastfeeding around the world.
Jul 27 2022
As people across the globe celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, Nutrition International and Alive & Thrive are pleased to announce a comprehensive update to the Cost of Not Breastfeeding Tool, with data for virtually every country around the world, a new easy-to-use dashboard and a feature that explores what would happen if a country’s breastfeeding rates increased.
Jul 26 2022
For World Breastfeeding Week 2022, we've asked a variety of people how they support and promote breastfeeding. Dr. Satish Tiwari is a pediatrician and professor of pediatrics at Dr P D M Medical College Amravati. He is also Chairperson of the Infant and Young Child Feeding Chapter - Indian Academy of Pediatricians and Founder Secretary IYCF Chapter IAP. This is how Dr. Tiwari supports breastfeeding.
