Challenging Assumptions: Breastfeeding and HIV/AIDS
Summary: This policy brief discusses the benefits of breastfeeding in light of the risk of perinatal HIV transmission. Challenging Assumptions: Breastfeeding...
USAID's Infant & Young Child Nutrition Project
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Combating Malnutrition: What Can Be Done?
This brief describes prevalent forms of undernutrition, offers effective approaches for preventing malnutrition, and provides cost estimates for implementing...
Community interventions to promote optimal breastfeeding: Evidence on early initiation, any breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding, and continued breastfeeding
Summary: The report describes findings from the IYCN Project’s literature review examining evidence on community interventions to promote optimal...
Community Nutrition: A Handbook for Health and Development Workers
Summary: The book covers nutrients and food, feeding the family, and the causes and diagnosis and control of malnutrition. Particular attention is given to the...
Community theater for improved nutrition: A guide for program managers and theater groups
Summary: Offers recommendations for program managers and community theater groups to integrate maternal, infant, and young child nutrition content into...
Community-Level Micronutrient Fortification of School Lunch Meals Improved Vitamin A, Folate, and Iron Status of Schoolchildren in Himalayan Villages of India
Summary: This article, published in the Journal of Nutrition in April 2010, assessed the effectiveness of micronutrient fortification of meals cooked and...
Complementary feeding messages that target cultural barriers enhance both the use of lipid-based supplements and underlying feeding practices to improve infant diets in rural Zimbabwe
Summary: This study, published in Maternal and Child Nutrition in August 2010, examined the impact of culturally appropriate feeding messages on improving...
Comprehensive Framework for Action
Summary: The Comprehensive Framework offers a six-point plan for action to address the global food security crisis and provides a range of options for...
Consolidated Report of Six-Country Review of Breastfeeding Programmes
Summary: This report documents the factors that influence breastfeeding support, promotion, and protection program outcomes; general lessons learned from the...
Consulting with caregivers: Formative research to determine the barriers and facilitators to optimal infant and young child feeding in three regions of Malawi
Summary: This report and handout summarize research intended to provide the information necessary to design effective activities to improve infant and young...