This slide deck was part of a presentation given by RTI International and Alive & Thrive during a post-graduate course lecture at Johns Hopkins University on January 25, 2024.

Alive & Thrive (A&T) researchers conducted an extensive desk review on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) and nutrition-sensitive practices in Indonesia.

Malnutrition accounts for more than 50 percent of under-five deaths in Nigeria.

In large parts of Amhara region of Ethiopia, food availability and production are among the highest in the country. Yet, so are rates of chronic malnutrition (DHS, 2011). Alive & Thrive, in collaboration with the Government of Ethiopia, set out to address these discrepancies.

“It’s my responsibility to make sure that my son grows up intelligent and healthy,”says Sabina Yasmin, a 21-year-old mother from a rural village in Bochaganj sub-district in northern Bangladesh.

The presentation describes social franchising as applied to infant and young child feeding counseling in health facilities in Viet Nam.