Topic(s): Breastfeeding
Location: East Asia Pacific
Language(s): English
Audience: Policy makers and legislators, Program designers and implementers
Programs: Policy advocacy
Strategic and well-coordinated advocacy is essential to improve nutrition at scale. Recent efforts in countries throughout Southeast Asia have generated regional momentum and resulted in stronger nutrition policies and programs. This advocacy guide shares the approach and lessons learned from these efforts, and practical tools referenced throughout the guide are provided below.
Planning your advocacy strategy
- Sample IYCF Policy Desk Review (Timor Leste)
- Sample Stakeholder Analysis (Thailand)
- Sample Opinion Leader Research Summary (Lao PDR)
Establishing partnerships
- Partnering with Women’s Associations to Advocate for Stronger Infant and Young Child Feeding Policies and Programs: Lessons Learned from Alive & Thrive (Viet Nam)
- Engaging Medical Associations to Support Optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding: Lessons Learned from Alive & Thrive (Viet Nam)
Developing the evidence base
- Sample IYCF National Surveillance Data (Viet Nam)
- Sample media scan (Myanmar)
- Sample Social Insurance Costing Study Brief (Viet Nam)
- Sample Social Insurance Costing Study Presentation (Viet Nam)
- The Cost of Not Breastfeeding in Southeast Asia
- Sample BMS Code Monitoring Report (Viet Nam)
- Sample Study on the Breastfeeding Practices of Female Laborers (Viet Nam)
Messages and materials
- Sample Policy Brief: Extending Paid Maternity Leave
- Sample Policy Brief: Strengthening the Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes
- Sample Policy Brief: The Benefits of Breastmilk vs. Breastmilk Substitutes
- The Power of Nutrition Video, Poster, and Resource Guide
- Sample Social Media Toolkit (WBW 2016)
- Maternity Leave Advocacy Booklet (Q&A)
- Engaging the Media: A practical guide to meeting child nutrition advocacy goals through working with journalists
Building consensus
- Advocacy presentations: