Guide/Manual

Oct 08 2015

Radio Messages for IYCF in Ethiopia

Outlines the priority program messages in Ethiopia and provides sample production plans for incorporating these in Season 2 radio dramas. This checklist was used by Alive & Thrive’s team in Ethiopia in 2015.

Guide/Manual

Oct 08 2015

Supportive Supervision Checklist for IYCF in Ethiopia

Provides checklists and guidelines for conducting, reporting on, and developing action plans as follow up to supportive visits by supervisors to observe nutrition services and counseling at multiple levels (zonal, health center, health post, and community).

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.

Journal article

Jul 07 2015

Scaling up impact on nutrition: What will it take?

This paper included a literature review and four case studies (including A&T work in Bangladesh) on large-scale nutrition programs with proven impact.

Guide/Manual

Feb 01 2015

Social Franchise Monitoring Manual

Describes the system for monitoring the social franchises (MTBT) providing nutrition counseling services in Viet Nam and includes the monitoring forms and report templates.

 
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