Brief
Jan 01 2016
Young child feeding practices in Amhara region: The role of religious-based fasting in Orthodox Christian communities
In 2015, Alive & Thrive conducted a qualitative study on “Young child feeding practices in Amhara region: The role of religious-based fasting in Orthodox communities.” This brief describe the study’s methods and key findings and offers specific steps for improving feeding practices, including
Brief
Oct 13 2015
Innovation brief: Dads can do that! Strategies to involve fathers in child feeding
Alive & Thrive introduces 6 strategies to consider as you design programs to engage fathers.
Brief
Oct 05 2015
Ethiopia policy briefs: Infant and young child feeding practices
Describes the current status of infant and young child feeding practices in nine districts (woredas) of South Wollo zone in Amhara region.
Journal article
Aug 31 2015
Maternal willingness to pay for infant and young child nutrition counseling services in Viet Nam (Nguyen, P.H., 2015. Global Health Action)
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.
Journal article
Aug 27 2015
The impact of marketing of breast milk substitutes (BMS) on WHO-recommended breastfeeding practices
The goal of this paper was to document and describe sales and marketing of breast-milk substitutes (BMS) and their influence on World Health Organization-recommended breastfeeding behaviors, focusing on low- and middle-income countries.
Brief
Aug 24 2015
Alive & Thrive’s program approach and results in Bangladesh, 2010 to 2014
Summarizes how each program component (advocacy, interpersonal communication, mass communication, and strategic use of data) was implemented in Bangladesh and the results.