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
Oct 18 2016
Exposure to large-scale social and behavior change communication interventions is associated with improvements in infant and young child feeding practices in Ethiopia (Kim SS., 2016. PLOS One)
The Alive & Thrive (A&T) initiative aimed to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices in Ethiopia through large-scale implementation of social and behavior change communication interventions in four regions of Ethiopia.
Journal article
Oct 01 2016
The cost of not breastfeeding in Southeast Asia (Walters, D., 2016. Health Policy and Planning)
Rates of exclusive breastfeeding are slowly increasing, but remain sub-optimal globally despite the health and economic benefits.
Journal article
Sep 28 2016
Infant formula feeding at birth is common and inversely associated with subsequent breastfeeding behavior in Viet Nam (Nguyen TT., 2016. Journal of Nutrition)
Alive & Thrive (A&T) examined the association of infant formula feeding during the first 3 days after birth with subsequent infant formula feeding and early breastfeeding cessation in Viet Nam to better understand how this impacts breastfeeding outcomes.
Brief
May 23 2016
Alive & Thrive: Changing behaviors, improving lives
Describes the Alive & Thrive initiative by outlining how and why we began, what we’ve achieved and how we’ve evolved today. Also illustrates the four component framework that we use to scale up nutrition.
Brief
Mar 23 2016
Lancet Breastfeeding Series 2016, Thailand
The new Lancet Breastfeeding Series is the largest and most comprehensive analysis to quantify levels, trends, and benefits of breastfeeding around the world.
