Brief
Apr 26 2016
Multisectoral approaches to nutrition in Bihar, India
Multisectoral actions improve nutritional outcomes in several ways. They can address the immediate causes of undernutrition by improving dietary intake, and they can also address underlying causes like improved sanitation, hygiene, and women’s education.
Brief
Apr 26 2016
Complementary feeding in Bihar, India
This brief focuses on how optimal complementary feeding practices contribute to saving lives, preventing stunting, and increasing economic growth for the entire state of Bihar.
Brief
Dec 12 2014
Overview of activities in Viet Nam (in Vietnamese)
Summarizes Alive & Thrive Viet Nam activities, achievements and lessons learned from each component. These documents are intended for policy makers, program planners and media. They were delivered in the December 2014 Dissemination Workshop in Hanoi
Brief
Nov 07 2014
Why stunting matters (Insight Series)
Discusses the negative effects of stunting on survival, childhood and adult health, learning capacity, and productivity; outlines interventions to prevent stunting.
Brief
Nov 07 2014
Interaction of nutrition and infection and the effect on early child growth (Insight Series)
Reviews available evidence on whether infection diminishes the positive impact of nutrition interventions on child growth and whether improved nutrition limits the negative impact of infections on child growth.
Brief
Nov 07 2014
Nutrition and brain development in early life (Insight Series)
Reviews evidence of the effect of undernutrition from conception through the first two years of life on brain development and on the short-term and long-term development of cognitive, motor, and socio-emotional skills.