Brief
Feb 07 2017
Nutrition practices in Uttar Pradesh (UP): Results from a formative research study
Alive & Thrive conducted formative research to better understand the nutrition practices in Uttar Pradesh. We found that mothers can and will improve behaviors related to infant and young children nutrition when provided with social support and timely counseling.
Brief
Feb 07 2017
Nutrition practices in Bihar: Results of a formative research study
Alive & Thrive conducted formative research to better understand the nutrition practices in Bihar. We learned that mothers are willing and able to eat more meals and more locally available food groups during pregnancy. Read our formative research brief to learn about other findings.
Brief
May 23 2016
Alive & Thrive: Changing behaviors, improving lives
Describes the Alive & Thrive initiative by outlining how and why we began, what we’ve achieved and how we’ve evolved today. Also illustrates the four component framework that we use to scale up nutrition.
Journal article
Aug 31 2015
Maternal willingness to pay for infant and young child nutrition counseling services in Viet Nam (Nguyen, P.H., 2015. Global Health Action)
Alive & Thrive (A&T) Viet Nam, developed and incorporated elements of social franchising into government health services to provide high-quality nutrition counseling services to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices.
Brief
Aug 12 2015
Integrating maternal nutrition into maternal, neonatal, and child health programs in Bangladesh
This brief summarizes A&T's maternal nutrition program Bangladesh. In this second phase work of work, A&T is testing
Journal article
Jul 07 2015
Scaling up impact on nutrition: What will it take?
This paper included a literature review and four case studies (including A&T work in Bangladesh) on large-scale nutrition programs with proven impact.