This implementation manual for BRAC’s community-based Alive & Thrive IYCF program describes four core interventions (home visits, antenatal/postnatal care, health forums, and community mobilization) and the human resources, training, supervision, incentives, and monitoring to support them.

Mapping pathways of how interventions are implemented and utilized enables contextually grounded interpretation of results, differentiates poor design from poor implementation, and identifies factors that might influence the utilization of interventions.

This article was part of a special supplement in the Food and Nutrition Bulletin on the Alive & Thrive (A&T) project.

This article was part of a special supplement in the Food and Nutrition Bulletin on the Alive & Thrive project.

Seven posters are placed in health facilities to reinforce messages received during counseling.

Four leaflets are provided to mothers and other caregivers at health facilities and community events.