Ebonyi’s Traditional and Religious Leaders Speak Out to Improve Maternal and Child Health

New Course Teaches Policymakers and Practitioners How to Use Behavioral Design to Improve Nutrition Outcomes

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Health and nutrition policymakers and practitioners face situations in which people’s behavior seems puzzling or even counter to their own health, well-being, and goals. For example, situations where families don’t take full advantage of…

Nutrition Job Aid for Community Health Workers

Building Behavioral Design Skills: Conversations with Breakthrough ACTION Innovators

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Written by: Finou Thérèse Mendy, ideas42 This is part of a series of conversations with members of the National Innovations Team (NIT), a group of 54 health professionals across government and non-profit sectors in Burkina Faso and Niger.…

Behavioral Barriers and Solutions for Child Feeding During and After Illness

Advancing Gender Equality in Nigeria Through Women’s Empowerment Groups

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Written by Chizoba Onyechi, Senior Program Officer for Family Planning; Shittu Abdu-Aguye, Senior Deputy Program Director for Integrated Social and Behavior Change and Family Planning, Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria; and Valentine Edoziem, Program…

Barriers to Feeding Young Children Well During and After Illness: Insight from the DRC

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Written by: Madeline Kau, Emily Zimmerman (ideas42), and Augustin Ngandu (SBC Advisor, Breakthrough ACTION DRC) For young children experiencing an illness, adequate nutrition is critical for recovery. However, children often do not receive…

Rapport du Sommet francophone 2019