Journal article
Feb 25 2020
The cost of not breastfeeding: global results from a new tool (Walters, D., 2019. Health Policy and Planning)
A billion dollars and two thousand lives, every day. This impactful study, which is the foundation for Alive and Thrive’s online tool, examines the human and economic costs of not breastfeeding.
Journal article
Feb 21 2020
Social, economic, and political events affect gender equity in China, Nepal, and Nicaragua: a matched, interrupted time-series study (Nguyen, T., 2020. Global Health Action)
This study suggested that supportive social and political environments can play an important role in empowering women, which in turn advances human rights and promotes health and well-being of individuals, households, communities, and countries.
Journal article
Nov 15 2019
Enhancing governance and strengthening advocacy for policy change of large Collective Impact initiatives (Michaud-Letourneau, I., 2018. Maternal & Child Nutrition)
This paper investigates expansion into a multilayered Collective Impact (CI) initiative and the use of policy advocacy in CI initiatives to address complex nutrition issues.
Brief, Handout, Poster/Graphic, Report
Sep 19 2019
Maternity Entitlements in Nigeria: Policies and Practices
Despite globally accepted knowledge on the benefits of breastfeeding and the contribution of maternity entitlements to increasing rates of exclusive breastfeeding, there has been little research on how maternity or paternity leave is practiced in Nigeria, the labour force’s level of compliance, o
Journal article
May 07 2019
Maternal nutrition practices in Uttar Pradesh, India: role of key influential demand and supply factors (Nguyen PH., 2019. Maternal Child Nutrition)
Despite strong policy and program commitment, essential maternal nutrition services are not reaching enough women in many countries.
Report
Jun 18 2015
Nutrition Stakeholder Analysis: Bihar, India
This report describes the methodology, results, and recommendations from a stakeholder landscape study that intended to capture a snapshot of nutrition stakeholders in Bihar, India, and to develop an understanding of how they interact with each other to achieve nutrition outcomes.