Brief
Oct 01 2018
Status of maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) in medical colleges and hospitals: Baseline assessment (2017) in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
Despite a favorable policy environment for maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN), frontline delivery of critical MIYCN interventions has been a sustained challenge in India’s public health nutrition programs.
Brief
Oct 15 2017
Maximizing lives saved & improving growth & development through IYCF in Nigeria
This information card shares a preliminary snapshot of quantitative and qualitative data from a health provider survey (public and private facility-based providers, chemists and community pharmacists, and traditional birth attendants), and focus group discussions with mothers, fathers, and grandm
Brief
Oct 15 2017
Building capacity to deliver nutrition services in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
This information card presents a sampling of results from formative research in Uttar Pradesh (UP). Interviews, observations, and household trials were conducted to assess maternal nutrition, breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and sanitation/hygiene practices.
Brief
Oct 15 2017
Strengthening IYCF practices in Amhara region of Ethiopia
This information card highlights data from an A&T project with Concern Worldwide that was implemented in 12 woredas between 2014 and 2016.
Report
Sep 30 2017
Landscape Analysis of Adolescent Health and Nutrition in Ethiopia
This landscape analysis was commissioned by Alive & Thrive (A&T), an initiative managed by FHI 360, to better understand the current state of evidence around adolescent health and nutrition in Ethiopia.
Journal article
Jul 16 2017
Changes in the policy environment for infant and young child feeding in Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Ethiopia, and the role of targeted advocacy (Harris, J., 2011. BMC Public Health)
To fill a knowledge gap of how potential contribution of targeted advocacy can improve policy environments in low and middle-income countries, this study tracked changes in the policy environment over a four-year period in three countries and examined the role of targeted nutrition and IYCF advoc