This slide deck was part of a presentation given by the International Food Policy Research Institute and Alive & Thrive during a post-graduate course lecture at Johns Hopkins University on January 25, 2024.

Anemia remains a critical maternal nutrition issue in low- and middle-income countries. Literature search, formative research and baseline surveys, informed the design of interventions to improve adherence to iron and folic acid supplementation in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and India.

Despite proven benefits, less than half of infants and young children globally are breastfed in accordance with the recommendations of WHO.