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Jun 01 2020

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The Maternal, Infant, Young Child & Adolescent Nutrition Update newsletter

Click below to read past editions of the MIYCAN Update is Alive & Thrive's quarterly global newsletter.

December 2022

Journal article

Feb 25 2020

Nutrition intervention using behavioral change communication without additional material inputs increased expenditures on key food groups in Bangladesh (Warren AM., 2020. Journal of Nutrition)

This article demonstrated that recipients in the Phase I intensive intervention, which provided interpersonal counseling, community mobilization, and mass media campaigns, mobilized additional resources to improve diets.

Journal article

Feb 06 2018

Factors influencing the uptake of a mass media intervention to improve child feeding in Bangladesh (Kim, S., 2018. Maternal & Child Nutrition)

This study aimed to examine the factors influencing the uptake of infant and young child feeding messages promoted in TV spots that were launched and aired nationwide in Bangladesh. Factors associated with TV spot viewing and comprehension (i.e.

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.

 
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