This job aid is intended for use by the Women’s Development Army Team Leaders and Health Extension Workers to promote Timed and Age-Appropriate IYCF Messaging (TAAM) with mothers and care givers of children under two as part of the Health Extension Program.

Provides the rationale for support groups, describes their design and implementation in Viet Nam, and summarizes lessons learned.

Aims to support community-based workers in organizing and facilitating IYCF support group meetings in an efficient, effective manner.

Lists the topics and times that clients visiting the MTBT franchises in Viet Nam can receive IYCF counseling.

Provides information in a question and answer format to equip health workers in Ethiopia to counsel and support families so that they can adopt good feeding practices.

This handout encourages families to take action and use a checklist to monitor their personal progress in adopting the 7 excellent feeding actions.