The goal of this project was to determine if traditional birth attendant (TBA) and community volunteer (CV) training could improve early breastfeeding (BF) practices, and if so, whether the impact was substantially greater if the relatively expensive component of post-training supervision was inc

The goal of the Alive & Thrive (A&T) Grants Program (2009 to 2014) was to identify new solutions for scaling up effective and sustainable interventions to improve infant and young child feeding by linking research to program delivery.

This implementation manual for BRAC’s community-based Alive & Thrive IYCF program describes four core interventions (home visits, antenatal/postnatal care, health forums, and community mobilization) and the human resources, training, supervision, incentives, and monitoring to support them.

The document outlines the objectives of supportive supervision and includes the protocol to follow and checklists to be completed during supervisory visits to a Mai Troi Be Tho (MTBT) franchise.

The fanchisor manual includes an overview of the nutrition situation in Viet Nam, gives a detailed description of infant and young child feeding services delivered through a franchise facility, outlines selection and development procedures for franchisees, and discusses performance management, de

Four leaflets are provided to mothers and other caregivers at health facilities and community events.