In India, more than 60% of the healthcare infrastructure is private. Half of all births in urban areas and a quarter of all births in rural areas take place in private facilities.

This brief, intended for implementers and researchers, presents lessons from the Alive & Thrive initiative’s experience integrating a maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) intervention through an existing polio er

In India, a large proportion of pediatricians, gynecologists, community medicine specialists, general practitioners, and nurses working across both public and private health sector belong to professional medical associations.

This slidedeck was presented at Alive & Thrive's webinar, "Integrating maternal nutrition into antenatal care platforms: Results from Alive & Thrive's implementation research in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and India," July 14, 2022.

In India, despite national policy guidance based on global antenatal care (ANC) guidelines, some of the most critical maternal nutrition services do not reach the majority of pregnant women.

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September-October 2023