Guide/Manual
Jan 01 2014
IYCF Implementation Manual for Community-based Program in Bangladesh
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.
Journal article
Dec 13 2013
Handwashing before food preparation and child feeding: a missed opportunity for hygiene promotion (Nizame FA., 2013. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
Enteric diseases are often caused by poor hygiene and can contribute to stunting. In Bangladesh preparing food, serving food, feeding children, and eating food with bare hands is a common practice, yet most handwashing promotion has focused on fecal contact.
Guide/Manual, Job aid
Nov 01 2013
Little Sun Supportive Supervision Protocol and Checklist for Social Franchises
The document outlines the objectives of supportive supervision and includes the protocol to follow and checklists to be completed during supervisory visits to a Mai Troi Be Tho (MTBT) franchise.
Field note
Oct 11 2013
A nutritious start to life and a promising future
“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.
Journal article
Oct 02 2013
Household food insecurity is associated with higher child undernutrition but the effect is not mediated by child dietary diversity (Ali D., 2013. Journal of Nutrition)
Household food insecurity (HFI) is a recognized underlying determinant of child undernutrition, but evidence of associations between HFI and child undernutrition is mixed.
Guide/Manual
Oct 01 2013
Little Sun Franchisor and Franchisee Implementation Manuals
The fanchisor manual includes an overview of the nutrition situation in Viet Nam, gives a detailed description of infant and young child feeding services delivered through a franchise facility, outlines selection and development procedures for franchisees, and discusses performance management, de