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Agents of change

Health extension workers are increasing access to preventive services in Ethiopia.

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Trials of improved practices

Health volunteers in Bangladesh encourage mothers to try feeding the recommended amount of complementary food.

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Listening to mothers

Alive & Thrive interviewed 1,600 mothers in Viet Nam to learn about their feeding practices.

About Alive & Thrive

Our Goal

Alive & Thrive (A&T), funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, seeks to reduce undernutrition and death caused by sub-optimal infant and young child feeding  practices. Each year 1.4 million children die as a result of poor IYCF, and millions more suffer long-term consequences.

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Where We Work

Bangladesh
A&T is mobilizing 34,000 community-based workers to promote infant and young child feeding.
Ethiopia
Government health extension workers will be A&T's primary agents of change.
Viet Nam
A&T will harness the media and use a franchise model to deliver services in health facilities.

Featured Resource

Insight: Impact of early initiation of exclusive breastfeeding on newborn deaths
Our first technical brief explores the pathways by which early and exclusive breastfeeding reduces newborn deaths and discusses program implications.