Journal article
Oct 11 2017
Integrating Nutrition Interventions into an Existing MNCH Program Increased Maternal Dietary Diversity, Micronutrient Intake, & Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices Bangladesh: Results of Cluster-Randomized Evaluation (Nguyen PH., 2017. Journal of Nutrition)
Alive & Thrive evaluated the effect of providing nutrition-focused Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) Program to compared with standard MNCH (antenatal care with standard nutrition counseling).
Brief
Aug 03 2017
How to: A guide to maternal nutrition programming
In 2015, Alive & Thrive began testing the feasibility of integrating a comprehensive package of maternal nutrition interventions into the maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH) programs of BRAC, a non-governmental organization based in Bangladesh that has partnered with Alive & Thriv
Guide/Manual
Aug 03 2017
Implementation manual: Community-based maternal nutrition program
The resources below provide MNCH program leaders and implementers with tools for delivering maternal nutrition programs at scale. The materials were originally developed in 2016 by the Government of Bangladesh, BRAC, and Alive & Thrive. The program was funded by Global Affairs Canada.
Toolkit
Aug 03 2017
Tools for delivering maternal nutrition programs
Alive & Thrive used the tools presented in this document to implement its maternal nutrition program from 2015-2016.
Poster/Graphic
Jun 02 2017
Breastfeeding and complementary feeding intervention summary and results
These two infographics summarize Alive & Thrive’s work in Bangladesh from 2009 to 2014. The rigorously evaluated intervention resulted in large scale improvements in exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices.
Journal article
Oct 25 2016
Impacts on breastfeeding practices of at-scale strategies that combine intensive interpersonal counseling, mass media, and community mobilization: results of cluster-randomized program evaluations in Bangladesh and Viet Nam (Menon P., 2016. PLOS Med)
In Bangladesh and Viet Nam between 2009–2014, Alive & Thrive (A&T) worked to improve breastfeeding practices through intensified interpersonal counseling (IPC), mass media (MM), and community mobilization (CM) intervention components delivered at scale in the context of policy advocacy (P