Brief
Jul 27 2023
Cost of Not Breastfeeding Advocacy Brief Series (2022)
Not breastfeeding has significant health and economic impacts. The Cost of Not Breastfeeding Tool is an evidence-based modeling tool that uses open-access data to estimate the health and economic costs of not protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding.
Brief
Jul 16 2022
Regional Model Law for regulating the marketing of BMS
As part of the efforts to protect breastfeeding and save lives, UNICEF, WHO, Alive & Thrive, HKI and IBFAN, in collaboration with the West African Health Organization (WAHO), have developed a regional model law for regulating the marketing of breastmilk substitutes, foods for infants and youn
Brief
Aug 20 2020
Southeast Asia and West Africa regional Cost of Not Breastfeeding briefs
Globally, 600,000 children and 100,000 women die every year due to illnesses that could be prevented by breastfeeding. These briefs present the costs of not breastfeeding in two major world regions, Southeast Asia and West Africa.
Brief
Feb 11 2020
Maternal Depression: The potential role of nutrition in prevention and treatment
The role nutrition plays in maternal depression has been the subject of a variety of research.
Brief
Oct 31 2019
Nutrition-sensitive Agriculture
This brief explains what nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) is and why it is important to human health and nutrition, and outlines Alive & Thrive's activities to support NSA in Ethiopia.
