Journal article
Feb 01 2022
Maternal and paternal involvement in complementary feeding in Kaduna State, Nigeria: The continuum of gender roles in urban and rural settings (Allotey, D., 2022. Maternal & Child Nutrition)
After an A&T program in Nigeria engaged fathers to support complementary feeding practices, this study investigated how household gender roles influenced child feeding in both urban and rural areas.
Announcement
Jan 01 2022
East Asia Pacific Newsletter
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Journal article
Nov 19 2021
Beliefs and Norms Associated with the Use of Ultra-Processed Commercial Milk Formulas for Pregnant Women in Vietnam (Nutrients, 2021)
Toolkit
Sep 28 2021
Infant and Young Child Feeding Message Toolkit
With the support and guidance from key Infant and Young Child Feeding and Maternal Nutrition partners, Alive & Thrive, UNICEF, and WeCan jointly developed this set of 11 cards as part of an IYCF Message Toolkit.
Journal article
Aug 22 2021
Implementation of the Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes in Vietnam: Marketing Practices by the Industry and Perceptions of Caregivers and Health Workers (Nutrients, 2021)
This study examined implementation of the Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes (the Code) in Vietnam with a focus on marketing practices by the baby food industry and perceptions of caregivers, health workers, and policy makers.
Journal article
Aug 18 2021
Combining intensive counseling by frontline workers with a nationwide mass media campaign has large differential impacts on complementary feeding practices but not on child growth: results of a cluster-randomized evaluation (Menon P., 2016. J of Nutr)
Complementary feeding (CF) contributes to child growth and development, but few CF programs are delivered at scale. Alive & Thrive (A&T) addressed this in Bangladesh through intensified interpersonal counseling (IPC), mass media (MM), and community mobilization (CM).