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.

Journal article

Jul 16 2020

National nutrition strategies that focus on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition in Southeast Asia do not consistently align with regional and international recommendations (Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2020)

This study examines the consistency of national nutrition strategies and action plans (NNS) focusing on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition in Southeast Asia with international recommendations.

Journal article

Jul 16 2020

The Role of the Opinion Leader Research process in informing policy making for improved nutrition: Experience and lessons learned in Southeast Asia (Weissman, A., 2020. Current Developments in Nutrition)

This article shares lessons learned from using Opinion Leader Research (OLR), used here as an advocacy tool to strengthen policymaking for MIYCN.

Journal article

Jul 16 2020

Supply-and demand-side factors influencing utilization of infant and young child feeding counselling services in Viet Nam

Paired with improved counseling skills, demand-generation strategies could increase the population accessing the minimum number of visits to counseling services by 49%, according to this paper that investigated demand-generation strategies and supply-side factors influencing the utilization of fa

Journal article

Jul 16 2020

Media audit reveals inappropriate promotion of products under the scope of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes in South-East Asia (Vinje, K., 2017. Public Health Nutrition)

A review of editorial content, advertisements, and Facebook posts from 2015-2016 in Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam revealed inappropriate promotion and insufficient national regulation of breastmilk substitutes in the region.

 
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