Poster/Graphic
Dec 10 2020
Brief
Aug 20 2020
Southeast Asia and West Africa regional Cost of Not Breastfeeding briefs
Globally, 600,000 children and 100,000 women die every year due to illnesses that could be prevented by breastfeeding. These briefs present the costs of not breastfeeding in two major world regions, Southeast Asia and West Africa.
Announcement
Jun 01 2020
The Maternal, Infant, Young Child & Adolescent Nutrition Update newsletter
Click below to read past editions of the MIYCAN Update is Alive & Thrive's quarterly global newsletter.
Journal article
Feb 15 2019
The effect of the Alive & Thrive initiative on exclusive breastfeeding in rural Burkina Faso: a repeated cross-sectional cluster randomised controlled trial (Cresswell J., 2019. Lancet Global Health)
The benefits of exclusive breastfeeding on mortality, health, and development of children have been well documented.
Field note
Jan 02 2019
Helping infants in Nigeria “Start Strong for a Better Future”
Malnutrition accounts for more than 50 percent of under-five deaths in Nigeria.