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Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF)
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Multi-Purpose Cash Transfer 'Plus': Maximizing impact on children through integrated cash-based programming- October 2019, Columbia
In 2018, with the support of OFDA and FFP, Save the Children implemented a multi-purpose cash transfer ‘Plus’ program in response to the influx of Venezuelans into Colombia. The program aimed at covering vulnerable household’s basic needs and prevent them
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Don't Push It: Why the formula milk industry must clean up its act
The lives and the health of millions of vulnerable children are at risk from a threat that receives too little attention – the rapid growth of the market for baby milk formula. The unique life-saving and life-enhancing benefits of breastfeeding are proven
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Vanuatu First 1,000 Days Project: Baseline Report
Save the Children is implementing the First 1,000 Days project, which aims to reduce stunting among children under five years of age by improving maternal and child nutrition practices in 33 communities across Shefa, Sanma, and Penama Provinces. This hous
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C-MAMI Tool, Version 2
The C-MAMI Tool provides a health worker with a format to assess, identify/classify, and manage at-risk mothers and infants under six months in the community (C-MAMI) who are nutritionally vulnerable. The aim of the C-MAMI Tool is to help put the latest W
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Vanuatu First 1,000 Days Project: Barrier Analysis Report
Save the Children in Vanuatu is implementing the First 1,000 Days project, which aims to reduce stunting among children under five by improving maternal and child health and nutrition practices in 33 communities across Shefa, Sanma, and Penama Provinces.
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The Dirty Truth about the Infant Formula Industry
How come poor mothers in low-income countries chose industrially processed powder to feed their babies, when most of them have access to a clean, healthy alternative – for free? The Norwegian doctor Line Jansrud, mum and pregnant, is determined to find ou
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Effectiveness of a community-based infant and young child feeding support group programme among ethnic minorities in Vietnam
This article was published in the ENN Field Exchange on September 2018 (Issue 58), and shares the key findings and learning from the evaluation of a child nutrition programme in Northern-Vietnam. What this article adds: Community-based infant and young ch
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Effectiveness of a Community-Based Infant and Young Child Feeding Support Group Model in Improving Child Feeding Practices and Linear Growth Among Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam
This poster was presented at the SBCC Summit 2018 in Bali, Indonesia. The poster presents the key findings from the evaluation of Save the Children's child nutrition programme in Northern-Vietnam. The child nutrition programme was implemented at Thuong Xu
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Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) Toolkit: Rapid start-up for emergency nutrition personnel
The IYCF-E toolkit has been designed as a resourceful collection of information and practical tools to begin implementation of IYCF-E programmes for a rapid start-up in case of an emergency. The IYCF-E toolkit is envisioned to make available ready to use
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Gjidhënia për një Fillim të Mbarë
What happens in the early years of a child's life has a major impact on the health and development of the child. To be healthy, babies should solely be fed with breastmilk in the first 6 months, but it is very important to continue with breastfeeding afte
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Effectiveness of Community-based Infant and Young Child (IYCF) Support Group Model in Reducing Child Undernutrition Among Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam
This child nutrition project was implemented at Thuong Xuan District in Than Hoa province in Northern Vietnam and was jointly designed to be a community-based infant and young child (IYCF) support group model with Alive & Thrive as an SBCC intervention fo
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Optimal Feeding of Low-Birthweight Infants in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This brief presents key highlights from the World Health Organization’s guidelines on optimal feeding of low-birthweight (LBW) infants in low- and middle-income countries (WHO, 2011). This brief was authored by the Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCS