24 Pages
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A Guide for Calculating the Benefits of Breastfeeding (BOB)
The guide offers detailed guidance for users of the “Policy Analysis
Tool for Calculating the Health, Child Spacing, and Economic
Benefits of Breastfeeding (BOB)” and identifies the main features of
the tool’s seven worksheets and the basis for calculations.
Author(s): J. Ross, V. Aguayo, H. Stiefel
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A Policy Analysis Tool for Calculating the Health, Child
Spacing, and Economic Benefits of Breastfeeding (BOB)
This spreadsheet tool consists of seven worksheets: 1) introduction,
2) assumptions, 3) breastmilk production, 4) health, 5) survival, 6)
fertility, and 7) summary. The spreadsheets estimate the effects of
breastfeeding on a variety of functional outcomes with public policy
significance.
Author(s): J. Ross, V. Aguayo, H. Stiefel
Downloads Available:
English (110.5 KB) |
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19 Pages
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A Spreadsheet Model to Estimate the Effects of Different
Infant Feeding Strategies on Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and
on Infant Mortality
This model was used to calculate results reported in: Ross JS,
Labbok MH. Modeling the effects of different infant feeding
strategies on young child survival and mother-to-child transmission
of HIV. Am J Pub Health 2004; 94:1175-1181. (This model is in
Microsoft Excel.)
Author(s): J. Ross, M. Labbok
Downloads Available:
English (467 KB) |
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36 Pages
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Antenatal, Postnatal and Child Health Book
This book was developed in Zambia to be given to pregnant and
breastfeeding mothers at antenatal and child health clinics.
Downloads Available:
English (2.34 MB) |
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81 Pages
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Behavior Change Communication for Improved Infant Feeding -
Training Module
Trains trainers in behavior change communication skills, training
techniques, and infant feeding. Includes field visits, practice
training, and action planning exercises.
Downloads Available:
English (1.06 MB) |
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Better Breastfeeding, Healthier Lives
Published by the INFO Report, this report describes how programs and
providers can help women improve breastfeeding practices.
Downloads Available:
English (706.53 KB) |
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8 Pages
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Birth, Initiation of Breastfeeding, and the First Seven Days
after Birth - Facts for Feeding
Identifies actions health care providers can take during the first
week postpartum to help the mother and baby establish and maintain
good breastfeeding practices.
Downloads Available:
English (96.08 KB)
French (62.84 KB)
Spanish (457.86 KB)
Portuguese (103.16 KB) |
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15 Pages
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Bolivia - Breastfeeding, Complementary Feeding, Maternal
Nutrition and LAM Counseling Cards
These counseling cards were developed in collaboration with many
partners for the Altiplanto region of Bolivia.
Contributing Partner(s): Caritas Colivaiana, Plan International
Bolivia, USAID, Procosi, Servir, Project Concern, Desarolla Juvenil
Comunitario, Freedom from Hunger, Aprosar, Ministerio de Salud y
Prevension Social
Downloads Available:
Spanish (3.92 MB) |
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6 Pages
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Breastfeeding and HIV/ AIDS- Frequently Asked Questions
Reviews the latest information on the transmission of HIV via
breastfeeding and provides programmatic guidance for field
activities.
Downloads Available:
English (123.79 KB)
French (129.89 KB)
Spanish (199.03 KB)
Portuguese (130.35 KB) |
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6 Pages
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Breastfeeding and Maternal Nutrition- Frequently Asked
Questions
Focuses on the impact of maternal nutrition on breastmilk quantity
and quality, the nutritional requirements of lactating women, the
impact of breastfeeding on maternal health, and implications of this
information for programs.
Downloads Available:
English (121.56 KB)
French (127.66 KB)
Spanish (134.22 KB)
Portuguese (124.68 KB) |
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Breastfeeding Questions Answered: A Guide for Providers
This publication produced by the INFO Project provides answers to
questions frequently asked about breastfeeding.
Downloads Available:
English (314.66 KB) |
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8 Pages
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Breastmilk: A Critical Source of Vitamin A for Infants and
Young Children- Facts for Feeding
Recommends national, community, and household level practices to
improve vitamin A status of infants, young children, and pregnant
and lactating women.
Contributing Partner(s): Helen Keller International, HKI/ Africa,
the MOST Project
Downloads Available:
English (131.82 KB)
French (60.41 KB)
Spanish (121.69 KB)
Portuguese (105.02 KB) |
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90 Pages
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Can Marketing Of Multiple Vitamin/Mineral Supplements Reach
the Poor? The Vitaldía Project, Bolivia
Documents the qualitative research conducted for the development of
a multiple micronutrient supplement (VitalDía) marketed to reach low
income women in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It also presents results from
the baseline and final Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Behavior
(KAPB) studies conducted to assess the reach of the program among
women of reproductive age.
Author(s): S. Huffman
Downloads Available:
English (3.17 MB) |
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Care and Feeding of Young Children Discussion Guide
Illustrates ways of promoting growth and learning in young children
through everyday interactions between children and their caregivers
in rural Guatemala and urban Brazil.
Author(s): P. Engle
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English (32.07 KB) |
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Celebrating Innocenti 1990-2005: Achievements, challenges
and future imperatives
This document was prepared for the 15th anniversary celebration of
the Innocenti declaration. It assesses the progress in achieving the
Innocenti targets, examines the current challenges and reinforces
the need to act rapidly in support of infant and young child
feeding.
Downloads Available:
English (473.01 KB) |
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30 Pages
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Community-Based Strategies for Breastfeeding Promotion and
Support in Developing Countries
WHO and LINKAGES examine the role of communities and community-based
resource persons in providing support to mothers who breastfeed.
This report is based on a review of the literature and an analysis
of three projects; it assesses the impact of interventions, the
mechanisms through which behaviors can be changed, and the factors
that are necessary to maximize and sustain the benefits of
interventions. (Hard copies of this publication can be obtained by
e-mailing WHO at cah@who.int)
Author(s): A. Morrow, WHO
Contributing Partner(s): LINKAGES
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English (455.36 KB) |
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40 Pages
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Developmental Readiness of Normal Full Term Infants to
Progress from Exclusive Breastfeeding to the Introduction of
Complementary Foods: Reviews of the Relevant Literature
Summarizes evidence-based literature regarding the best age to
introduce complementary (semi-solid and solid) foods into the diet
of the breastfed infant.
Author(s): A. Naylor, ed. and A. Morrow, co-ed.
Contributing Partner(s): Wellstart International and the LINKAGES
Project
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English (1.91 MB) |
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41 Pages
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East and Southern African Initiative - Nutrition for PLWHA
Counseling Cards
This set of 11x14" counseling cards was designed for counselors and
health workers to help them enhance nutrition couseling for people
living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) during individual or group counseling.
These include topics related to good nutrition and its importance,
preventing infection, physical activity and managing diet.
Contributing Partner(s): RCQHC, FANTA
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English (1.88 MB) |
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70 Pages
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Essential Health Sector Actions to Improve Maternal
Nutrition in Africa
Identifies essential nutrition and health actions for pregnant and
lactating women that contribute to the achievement of five
nutrition-related outcomes.
Contributing Partner(s): The Regional Centre for Quality of Health
Care at Makerere University in Uganda, MOST Project, SARA Project,
SANA Project
Downloads Available:
English (505.58 KB) |
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8 Pages
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Essential Health Sector Actions to Improve Maternal
Nutrition in Africa (Summary)
Summary of 70 page paper, Essential Health Sector Actions to Improve
Maternal Nutrition in Africa.
Contributing Partner(s): The Regional Centre for Quality of Health
Care at Makerere University in Uganda, MOST Project, SARA Project,
SANA Project
Downloads Available:
English (188.43 KB)
French (486.73 KB) |
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57 Pages
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Essential Nutrition Actions - A Four Day Training Course for
Planners & Managers of Health & Nutrition Programs in Indonesia:
Training Guide
The purpose of this training is to prepare program managers and
pre-service instructors to train service providers in an
action-oriented approach to improve the nutrition of infants, young
children and women. (THE TRAINING MODULE DOES NOT INCLUDE: Handouts,
PowerPoints or Electronic References. To view the training module,
click on the link, "English" below; to view the Handouts for this
training, click
here; to view the PowerPoints, click
here; to view the Electronic References, click
here)
Downloads Available:
English (1.81 MB) |
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12 Pages
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Ethiopia - Counseling Cards for Fathers
These counseling cards were developed for use with fathers, to
encourage their support of breastfeeding and maternal nutrition.
They tell fathers what they can do during pregnancy and
breastfeeding to support the health of their wives.
Contributing Partner(s): Ethiopian MOH, CARE, CRS, World Vision,
REST, SC-USA, Concern, EHNRI
Downloads Available:
English (828.07 KB) |
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18 Pages
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Ethiopia - Counseling Tool on Infant Feeding Options for
PMTCT Sites
This counseling tool is to be used by health professionals working
in PMTCT sites for the purpose of counseling and demonstrating
recommended infant feeding options.
Contributing Partner(s): Ethiopian Ministry of Health
Downloads Available:
English (11.24 MB)
Amharic (1.5 MB) |
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4 Pages
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Exclusive Breastfeeding: The Only Water Source Young Infants
Need - Frequently Asked Questions
Discusses the nutritional and health consequences of giving infants
water during the first six months, and the role of breastfeeding in
meeting an infant’s water requirements. Also available in
Russian
Downloads Available:
English (123.65 KB)
French (123.07 KB)
Spanish (463.37 KB)
Portuguese (129.83 KB) |
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8 Pages
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Experience LINKAGES: Behavior Change Communication
Describes LINKAGES behavior change communication strategy, including
essential infant feeding behaviors, priority audiences, direct
messages, and supportive materials and media.
Downloads Available:
English (284.63 KB) |
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4 Pages
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Experience LINKAGES: Cost & Effectiveness
Describes the process LINKAGES' Madagascar program undertook to link
the costs of its interventions with the resultant changes in infant
feeding behaviors.
Downloads Available:
English (111.82 KB) |
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6 Pages
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Experience LINKAGES: Infant Feeding Assessments for PMTCT
Program Design
Describes the rapid assessment process and its application in the
LINKAGES Project’s PMTCT program in Zambia.
Downloads Available:
English (109.64 KB) |
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6 Pages
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Experience LINKAGES: Mainstreaming
Describes what mainstreaming means and how mainstreaming lends
itself to the replication, scale up, and sustainability of project
innovations.
Downloads Available:
English (173.13 KB) |
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6 Pages
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Experience LINKAGES: Policy Dialogue
Describes the conceptual framework for policy change, identifies the
main policy issues related to IYCF, discusses LINKAGES strategies to
address policy dialogue challenges, and summarizes lessons learned.
Downloads Available:
English (142.05 KB) |
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4 Pages
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Experience LINKAGES: Program Approach
Describes strategies, tools, and materials used by LINKAGES to
achieve results.
Downloads Available:
English (105.68 KB) |
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6 Pages
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Experience LINKAGES: Results
Reports on the project’s indicators and tools for measuring change,
the results achieved, and lessons learned in collecting infant
feeding data.
Downloads Available:
English (100.62 KB) |
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4 Pages
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Experience LINKAGES: Training Tools
Describes LINKAGES training modules, methodologies, and performance
monitoring tools.
Downloads Available:
English (90.86 KB) |
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EXPO LINKAGES
Please click on the Technical Initiatives link above to view slide
presentations from EXPO LINKAGES.
Downloads Available:
English (1.25 MB) |
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8 Pages
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Feeding Infants and Young Children During and After Illness
This Facts for Feeding describes optimal feeding behaviors during
and after illness, challenges of feeding during these times, special
considerations for common illnesses, and guidelines for counseling
caregivers.
Downloads Available:
English (95.18 KB) |
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8 Pages
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Feeding Low Birthweight Babies - Facts for Feeding
This most recent publication in the Facts for Feeding series
provides guidance on breastmilk feeding options to ensure that low
birth weight babies receive the attention needed to survive, grow,
and develop.
Downloads Available:
English (91.86 KB) |
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58 Pages
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Formative Research for Infant Feeding Programs: Skills and
Practice for Infant and Young Child Feeding and Maternal Nutrition
Trains participants to conduct formative research using effective
communication skills in order to collect information to plan and
improve programs.
Downloads Available:
English (393.29 KB) |
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16 Pages
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Ghana - Breastfeeding & Infant Feeding Counseling Cards
This set of eight counseling cards was developed to address infant
feeding problems found in northern Ghana. For further information on
the development of messages and materials in northern Ghana, see
this
case study (in PDF).
Contributing Partner(s): MOH Ghana, CRS, UNICEF, Ghana Red Cross
Downloads Available:
English (6.16 MB) |
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18 Pages
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Ghana - Breastfeeding & Infant Feeding Counseling Cards for
Grandmothers and TBAs
These counseling cards were developed to share breastfeeding and
infant feeding messages with grandmothers and traditional birth
attendants (TBAs) in Ghana.
Contributing Partner(s): Ghana MOH, CRS, UNICEF, Ghana Red Cross
Downloads Available:
English (1.16 MB) |
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4 Pages
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Guidelines for Appropriate Complementary Feeding of
Breastfed Children 6-24 months of Age
Provides feeding guidelines for children 6 to 24 months of age.
Downloads Available:
English (86.04 KB)
French (54.4 KB)
Spanish (450.3 KB)
Portuguese (91.69 KB) |
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36 Pages
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HIV and Infant Feeding: A Chronology of Research and Policy
Advances and Their Implications for Programs
Informs program managers and others about major advances in the
study of HIV and infant feeding and the policy responses to these
findings.
Author(s): E. Piwoz, E. Preble
Contributing Partner(s): SARA Project
Downloads Available:
English (290.31 KB)
French (180.89 KB) |
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47 Pages
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HIV and Infant Feeding: Knowledge, Gaps and Challenges for
the Future
A 2004 PowerPoint presentation on mother-to-child transmission of
HIV and timing of HIV transmission; overview of postnatal HIV
transmission risk factors; results of efforts to quantify risks of
different infant feeding strategies using a simulation model;
current and planned field trials of interventions to prevent MTCT
through breastfeeding; discussion of future challenges. (To view the
notes, first open the Powerpoint, then go to the Edit menu, then
choose Edit Slides.)
Author(s): E. Piwoz and J. Ross
Contributing Partner(s): SARA Project
Downloads Available:
English (1.18 MB) |
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74 Pages
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Improving Breastfeeding Behaviors: Evidence from Two Decades
of Intervention Research
Summarizes available research on specific interventions intended to
improve four key breastfeeding behaviors.
Author(s): C. Green
Downloads Available:
English (437.93 KB) |
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Improving Breastfeeding Practices on a Broad Scale at the
Community Level: Success Stories From Africa and Latin America
Large-scale community-level behavior change programs designed to
improve breastfeeding practices were implemented in Bolivia, Ghana,
and Madagascar. This study describes success stories from these
various areas.
Downloads Available:
English (125.86 KB) |
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38 Pages
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India - CARE Breastfeeding Counseling Cards
These counseling cards produced by CARE were used for house visits
in India.
Contributing Partner(s): CARE
Downloads Available:
English (2.17 MB) |
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35 Pages
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India - CRS Counseling Cards
This set of 15 13x10" counseling cards was used during community
breastfeeding promotion activities in India by CRS.
Contributing Partner(s): CRS
Downloads Available:
English (1.48 MB) |
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25 Pages
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India - CRS Counseling Cards
This set of 11 counseling cards in Hindi was used by CRS during
community breastfeeding promotion activities. No English translation
is available.
Contributing Partner(s): CRS
Downloads Available:
English (2.12 MB) |
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38 Pages
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India - CRS Flashcards on Breastfeeding and Maternal
Nutrition (Hindi)
These 20 flashcards were used to encourage maternal nutrition in the
Lucknow Zone, in India. No translation of the Hindi scripts is
available.
Contributing Partner(s): CRS
Downloads Available:
English (2.16 MB) |
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59 Pages
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India - CRS Flashcards on Breastfeeding and Maternal
Nutrition (Telugu)
These 30 flashcards were used to encourage maternal nutrition in the
Hyderabad zone, in India. No English translation of the Telugu is
available at this time.
Contributing Partner(s): CRS
Downloads Available:
English (6.87 MB) |
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38 Pages
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India - World Vision Breastfeeding Counseling Cards
These counseling cards were developed in collaboration with World
Vision to provide age-specific messages on infant feeding. No
English translation is available.
Contributing Partner(s): World Vision
Downloads Available:
English (2.39 MB) |
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156 Pages
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Infant and Young Child Feeding: A Tool for Assessing
National Practices, Policies and Programmes
This three-part tool is designed to help users assess the strengths
and weaknesses of policies and programs for protecting, promoting
and supporting optimal feeding practices, and determine where
improvements may be needed to meet the aim and objectives of the
Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding. Requests for
permission to reproduce or translate the tool should be addressed to
WHO Publications, email:
permission@who.int (See
our other program tools)
Downloads Available:
English (1.46 MB) |
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