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Aug 15 2023

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MIYCN Talking Points for Community Mobilization Volunteers

This guide provides talking points for community mobilization volunteers in Nigeria to utilize when advising mothers and their family members on best practices in maternal nutrition, breastfeeding, and complementary feeding for young children.

Brief

Jul 11 2023

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Engaging Fathers to Improve Children's Dietary Diversity in Rural and Semi-Urban Communities: Lessons from Kaduna State

From 2019-2020, A&T and the Kaduna State Primary Health Care Board worked with a local civil society organization, I Care Women and Youth Initiative (ICARE), to engage fathers of children 6 to 23 months old through a package of community-based interventions to improve children’s dietary diver

Journal article

Jun 14 2023

Comprehensive Approach for Improving Adherence to Prenatal Iron and Folic Acid Supplements Based on Intervention Studies in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and India (Sanghvi T, Nguyen PH, et al. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 2023)

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.

Journal article

May 17 2023

Attitudes, beliefs and social norms regarding infant and young child feeding among Nigerian mothers, fathers and grandmothers across time (Schnefke C, Flax V, et al. Maternal & Child Nutrition. 2023)

Focus group discussions with mothers, fathers and grandmothers of young children across three time points in areas where an IYCF social and behaviour change intervention was implemented in Nigeria explored differences by participant type and shifts over time in attitudes, beliefs and social norms

Presentation

Apr 11 2023

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Improving Adolescent Girls' Dietary Practices in Ethiopia: Results from Alive & Thrive's Implementation Research

This slidedeck was presented at Alive & Thrive's webinar, “Improving Adolescent Girls' Dietary Practices in Ethiopia: Results from Alive & Thrive's Implementation Research,” April 11, 2023.

Brief

Apr 06 2023

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Improving Dietary Practices of Adolescent Girls in Ethiopia: Key findings from implementation research

From 2019 to 2021, Alive & Thrive supported the Government of Ethiopia to develop and implement an adolescent nutrition program to improve dietary practices among adolescent girls. This brief summarizes some of the notable highlights from the implementation research endline findings.

 
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