The Lancet Breastfeeding Series, the largest and most comprehensive analysis to quantify levels, trends, and benefits of breastfeeding around the world.

Alive & Thrive (A&T) Viet Nam, developed and incorporated elements of social franchising into government health services to provide high-quality nutrition counseling services to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices.

This study assessed the effects of incorporating social franchising on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counseling facilities and services.

This paper describes the Alive & Thrive Viet Nam (A&T) project experience in nesting a large-scale project monitoring system into the existing public health information system (e.g.

Summarizes methods and findings of a qualitative study in 2009 to identify current feeding practices and barriers to and facilitators of optimal practices, as well as summarizes findings from trials of improved practices conducted in 2010 to test the acceptability and feasibility of recommended f

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