IYCF Resource Center
For more information on the health, economic, and social impacts of proper infant and young child feeding practices and child nutrition, download “Our Window of Opportunity” – an IYCF-nutrition booklet that highlights how important infant and young child feeding practices are for the health and development of our country.
Three key strategies produced by the Government of Bangladesh and its nutrition partners to achieve its health and nutrition goals include:
Explore the resources below to learn more about the research and science on infant and young child feeding, and to find other organizations working on these issues in Bangladesh and around the world.
Research on IYCF
- The World Health Organization, databases and publications on IYCF
- Alive & Thrive, technical briefs
- Impact of early initiation of exclusive breastfeeding on newborn deaths
- Why stunting matters
- Early child growth: how do nutrition and infection interact?
- IBFAN, The State of Breastfeeding in 33 Countries
- The Lancet, “Maternal and Child Undernutrition” Series
- The Lancet, “Child Survival” Series
- National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), “Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2007”
IYCF Partners in Bangladesh
The Institute of Public Health Nutrition partners with a number of domestic and international organizations helping to improve IYCF practices at scale in Bangladesh:
- Alive & Thrive
- BRAC
- Helen Keller International
- ICDDR,B
- Micronutrient Initiative
- UNICEF
- UK Department for International Development (DFID)
- USAID
- United Nations World Food Programme
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood
- Plan International
