This article identifies three main drivers that large initiatives should adopt to enhance their effectiveness in advocacy for policy change in breastfeeding.

Front-line workers (FLWs) are necessary to deliver large-scale interventions to improve maternal and child nutrition. However, low and middle-income countries (LMICs) face issues of FLW performance in service delivery, knowledge, and motivation.

In this study, reseearchers found evidence for an association between health worker compliance and client health behaviors; however, small effect sizes suggest that behavior change is multifactorial and affected by factors beyond care quality.

Despite strong policy and program commitment, essential maternal nutrition services are not reaching enough women in many countries.