Report
Jun 17 2015
Opinion Leader Perspectives on Infant and Young Child Nutrition in Bihar, India
This report describes the methodology, key findings, and recommended actions behind our research that intended to identify opportunities to increase support for stronger infant and young child feeding policies and improved policy and program implementation in the state of Bihar, India.
Report
Dec 17 2014
Engaging the Private Sector to Reduce Stunting in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Viet Nam
Summarizes Alive & Thrive’s experience in engaging the private sector to increase supply, demand, and use of fortified complementary foods and products.
Report
Nov 11 2014
Overview of the IYCF Community-based Support Group Model in Viet Nam
Provides the rationale for support groups, describes their design and implementation in Viet Nam, and summarizes lessons learned.
Report
Nov 11 2014
Scaling Up and Sustaining Support for Community-based Interventions to Improve IYCF in Bangladesh
Summarizes BRAC’s experience in Bangladesh from 2009 to mid-2014 implementing a community-based model to improve feeding practices in Alive & Thrive program areas and beyond
Report
Nov 07 2014
Identifying Micronutrient Gaps in the Diets of Breastfed 6-11-month-old Infants
Presents the methodology and results of using linear programming to determine whether micronutrient needs could be met using only unfortified local foods in three countries, explores options for meeting these needs that includes fortified products, and compares the costs of the various scenarios.
Report
Oct 28 2014
mHealth and Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative for Breastfeeding
Cell phone-based breastfeeding counseling, coupled with retraining of hospital staff in the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative, increased rates of early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding in India.