Journal article
Oct 25 2016
Impacts on breastfeeding practices of at-scale strategies that combine intensive interpersonal counseling, mass media, and community mobilization: results of cluster-randomized program evaluations in Bangladesh and Viet Nam (Menon P., 2016. PLOS Med)
In Bangladesh and Viet Nam between 2009–2014, Alive & Thrive (A&T) worked to improve breastfeeding practices through intensified interpersonal counseling (IPC), mass media (MM), and community mobilization (CM) intervention components delivered at scale in the context of policy advocacy (P
Journal article
Jul 07 2015
Scaling up impact on nutrition: What will it take?
This paper included a literature review and four case studies (including A&T work in Bangladesh) on large-scale nutrition programs with proven impact.
Report
Feb 27 2015
Engaging the Private Sector to Improve Access to Fortified Complementary Foods: Moving from the “If” to the “How”
Examines private sector engagement in improving access to fortified complementary foods for children 6‒24 months of age.
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
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
Oct 27 2014
Small grants program: Assessing the cost and effectiveness of training and supervision of frontline workers on early breastfeeding practices in Bangladesh
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