- June 14, 2018
New Zealand’s Train the Trainers
- June 13, 2018
Sri Lanka’s Lactation Management Centers
- June 13, 2018
New Zealand’s Diverse Breastfeeding Promotion Campaign
- June 13, 2018
Philippine’s Budgetary Steps and Setbacks
- June 11, 2018
Reaching Mothers via Text
- June 04, 2018
Social Insurance in Viet Nam Fully Covers Maternity Leave
- June 04, 2018
Mali's Maternity Protection
- June 04, 2018
Philippines Senator Serves as Breastfeeding Champion
- June 04, 2018
Public Health Midwives in Sri Lanka
- June 04, 2018
Peru’s Continuous Demographic and Health Survey
- June 01, 2018
Viet Nam Fortifies Legislation
- June 01, 2018
Austria’s Paid Maternity Leave
- June 01, 2018
Sweden’s Maternity and Paternity Leave
- May 30, 2018
India's Infant Milk Substitutes Act, Monitoring, and Enforcement
- May 30, 2018
Promotion of Breastfeeding on a Large Scale with Alive & Thrive’s Mass Communication Campaign
- May 30, 2018
New Zealand’s Baby Friendly Initiative
- May 30, 2018
Community Health Workers in Bangladesh
- May 25, 2018
Maternal Mortality Data Leads to Free Maternity Services Nationwide in Kenya
- May 25, 2018
Brazil’s Multi-Sectorial National Breastfeeding Committee
- May 14, 2018
Alive & Thrive’s National Advocacy Strategies
- February 28, 2018
Viet Nam’s “Talking Babies” Commercial
- February 28, 2018
Actress Alyssa Milano’s Use of Social Media
Evidence-Based Briefs
Recognizing the potential of sharing experiences and stories to promote change in the nutrition field, evidence-based briefs (EBBs) are narrative pieces of a larger case study, typically related to an individual gear and provide options of how BBF recommendation(s) could be implemented. EBBs are:
- A rich and versatile component of the Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly (BBF) toolbox.
- Real-world examples of what other countries have done to enable their breastfeeding environments.
- Intended to be an informative and practical tool for evidence-based breastfeeding scaling up efforts.
EBBs are targeted to country committee members, policy makers, stakeholders, and breastfeeding advocates to inform them on the what, how, and why others have successfully translated knowledge into policies and programs.
Using EBBs to explore breastfeeding interventions - linking research to policy:
Each EBB addresses what interventions have been developed to improve breastfeeding, how to operationalize actions effectively and why it has the potential to generate a wide variation in breastfeeding outcomes depending on the local context. These are not systematic reviews but rather illustrations of how other countries have improved their breastfeeding friendly environments.
EBBs can be used for:
- Understanding key policy issues and potential solutions
- Monitoring process and evaluating impact (to ultimately influence policy-making processes);
- Identifying areas for improvement and refining solutions; and
- Supporting a selected plan of action using evidence.
Each EBB is organized as follows:
- Description & Context - aim and target population of the intervention
- Main components – “step-by-step” explanation including how the components were delivered
- Evidence of Implementation Strategy –identifies measurable outcomes and strategies that demonstrate how the implementation happened
- Cost and cost-effectiveness –including unit cost and total cost for implement and scaling up (where available) or any other relevant cost data that could be useful in the translating process.
- Additional info–Perceptions and experiences of interested people, benefits and potential damages, scaling up considerations, barriers to implement and equity considerations.
Using EBBs to inform the development of recommendations and actions
The EBBS may or may not be generalizable, but they unpack how complex interventions can work, showcase real-world examples of how others working in similar contexts have sought improvement, and can help shape a broad, honest policy dialogue. BBF committee members, policy makers, stakeholders, and breastfeeding advocates are encouraged to take these EBBs into account when thinking about whether an intervention is viable. For example, BBF committee members can use EBBs when developing recommendations and proposing actions based on BBF findings. EBBs can be used to inform the development of initial recommendations to be presented at Meeting 3 and the recommended actions for Meeting 4 by guiding BBF committee members in decisions about: developing the policy agenda, identifying the specific objectives, identifying policy options, evaluating the options, advancing recommendations, and building a consensus.