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Strengthening health services to deliver nutrition education to promote complementary feeding and healthy growth of infants and young children: formative research for a successful intervention in peri-urban Trujillo, Peru. Formative […]

Community perceptions of behaviour change communication interventions of the maternal neonatal and child health programme in rural Bangladesh: an exploratory study. BACKGROUND: This qualitative study explored community perceptions of the […]

An assessment of maternal, newborn and child health implementation studies in Nigeria: implications for evidence informed policymaking and practice. BACKGROUND: The introduction of implementation science into maternal, newborn and child […]

Perspectives and reflections on the practice of behaviour change communication for infant and young child feeding. Behaviour change communication (BCC) is a critical component of infant and young child feeding […]

How can formative research inform the design of an iron-folic acid supplementation intervention starting in first trimester of pregnancy in Bangladesh? BACKGROUND: The study objective was to understand community preparedness for […]

Stakeholders’ perceptions of integrated community case management by community health workers: a post-intervention qualitative study. BACKGROUND: Integrated community case management (iCCM) involves delivery of simple medicines to children with pneumonia, diarrhea […]

Promoting safe infant feeding practices – the importance of structural, social and contextual factors in Southern Africa. There has been significant progress towards the goal of eliminating vertical transmission of […]

Scaling up of breastfeeding promotion programs in low- and middle-income countries: the “breastfeeding gear” model. Breastfeeding (BF) promotion is one of the most cost-effective interventions to advance mother-child health. Evidence-based […]

Opportunities for improving maternal nutrition and birth outcomes: synthesis of country experiences. BACKGROUND: Undernutrition in women in poor countries remains prevalent and affects maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH) outcomes. Improving […]

Community-led initiative for control of anemia among children 6 to 35 months of age and unmarried adolescent girls in rural Wardha, India. BACKGROUND: Studies in India have reported a high prevalence […]