Describes Alive & Thrive’s strategic use of data to inform program design, shape advocacy messages, and improve program implementation and management; the distinctive features of the approach; and the results and lessons in 3 countries.

Describes Alive & Thrive’s use of available channels of mass communication to reach masses of people with persuasive, consistent messages; the distinctive features of the approach; and the results and lessons in 3 countries.

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

Summarizes the lessons in advocacy and policy dialogue in the first years of Alive & Thrive; outlines the process; presents the issues, actors, and challenges; and offers recommendations for action.

Explores the pathways by which early and exclusive breastfeeding reduces newborn deaths and discusses program implications.

Discusses the negative effects of stunting on survival, childhood and adult health, learning capacity, and productivity; outlines interventions to prevent stunting.