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).
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.
Report
Oct 05 2015
Factors Associated with IYCF Practices in Ethiopia
Describes the methodology and findings of a study designed to better understand the factors contributing to suboptimal IYCF practices and stunting in Ethiopia’s 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.