This article was part of a special supplement in the Journal of Nutrition on the Alive & Thrive (A&T) project. Improving and sustaining infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices requires multiple interventions reaching diverse target groups over a sustained period of time.

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

This article was part of a special supplement in the Food and Nutrition Bulletin on the Alive & Thrive (A&T) project. Despite the existence of a strong evidence base for investing in infant and young child feeding (IYCF), sufficiently supported IYCF policies and programs are rare.

Sub-optimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices are likely a significant contributor to high undernutrition rates in Viet Nam. To date, however, there has been no comprehensive review of IYCF practices in Viet Nam.

In Bangladesh, many programs and projects have been promoting breastfeeding since the late 1980s. Breastfeeding practices, however, have not improved accordingly.

Presents findings from the formative research conducted by Alive & Thrive in 2010 that informed program design in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.