A useful reminder to put people, not platforms, at the centre of digital transformation.

🎉 Congratulations to the Government of Viet Nam and all partners involved in this milestone for families, public health, social policy, and the nation.

Real change happens when experience is shared and action is collective. At Mantis Mentor’s Uptake Center, we help connect those who know the process of change with those now leading it. That is how knowledge becomes impact. #EvidenceToAction #StrategicMentorship

“Only one of 19 of the identified health professional associations fully covered the Code in ethics or standards documents for health professionals providing care to mothers and infants in Australia.”

A new office address, a fresh view, and the first chapter of Mantis Mentor LLC — home to our social impact initiatives Uptake Center for Knowledge Transfer & Innovation and NormativeAl. Grateful for everyone who's been part of the journey so far. www.instagram.com/p/DQdcbb1D4g...

Today, Mantis Mentor is pleased to announce that we have been accepted as a participant of the United Nations Global Compact initiative — a voluntary initiative for the development, implementation, and disclosure of responsible business practices. #UnitingBusiness #SDGs

Thrilled to share the Work & Wellbeing Program under Uptake – Center for Knowledge Transfer & Innovation. We support employers in building healthier, family-friendly, and inclusive workplaces that drive lasting impact. #SDGs #ESG 🔗 www.linkedin.com/company/work...

Thrilled to launch mantis mentor — a consulting firm and nest for Uptake - Center for Knowledge Transfer & Innovation and NormativeAl! We offer strategic mentorship for sustainable change, and we're here to spin ideas into impact. www.linkedin.com/company/mant...

After a decade with FHI 360 & Alive & Thrive, I’m moving on. Deep gratitude for the learning & collective impact with partners worldwide. Latest updates: healthier pregnancies 🇻🇳, AI & gambling ads, food systems in Mekong, breastfeeding research 🇮🇪. 🗞️ mailchi.mp/fhi360/alive...

Today at #UNGA2025, countries present climate action plans #NDCs. Breastfeeding is an overlooked investment that sustains both life and the planet. Read our proposal to recognize investment in breastfeeding as a carbon offset: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... Video: youtu.be/rc7ZGOG3YlM?...

“As a policy maker, you cannot make good policy if the single largest sector of your nation's economy is not visible. You can't presume to know where the needs are. You can't locate time poverty. You can't address the most critical issues of need” ~Marylin Waryng shorturl.at/0Qs2N #UnpaidCareWork

News from Alive & Thrive in East Asia Pacific and beyond. Highlights: New partnership to establish the first human milk bank in Mongolia, contributions to ASEAN & ICN2025 forums, WBW events in Laos & Viet Nam, and digital innovations from Mexico. mailchi.mp/fhi360/alive...

News from Alive & Thrive in East Asia Pacific and beyond. Global, regional and national #WBW2025 events and activities, new Breastfeeding Model Hospitals in Laos, advancing safety and nutrition in preschools in Vietnam, new publications. mailchi.mp/fhi360/alive...

Join us celebrating World Breastfeeding Week & Month 2025. We’re excited to join global efforts during World Breastfeeding Week and Month #WBW2025 under the theme: “Prioritise Breastfeeding – Create Sustainable Support Systems.” Events: www.aliveandthrive.org/en/news/aliv...

NEW PUBLICATION: Empowering breastfeeding support: a review of challenges, solutions, and lessons learned from large-scale interventions in Vietnam. jphe.amegroups.org/article/view...

NEW PUBLICATION: Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and maternity protection: correlations with commercial milk formula consumption in East Asia and the Pacific. www.frontiersin.org/journals/ped...

NEW PUBLICATION: Application of a locally developed open-access digital monitoring system for the human milk bank network in Vietnam. internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

News from Alive & Thrive in East Asia Pacific and beyond. Read about how AI is used to improve health, improving maternity care through mothers’ voices, local leadership in advancing maternal & child health, and monitoring of harmful digital marketing. mailchi.mp/fhi360/alive...

Expanding pregnancy AI solutions access to Southeast Asia. “Leveraging AI-powered technologies, the partnership will enable point-of-care diagnostics, remote monitoring, and data-driven decision-making to enhance pregnancy care” www.mobihealthnews.com/news/asia/ex...

News from Alive & Thrive in East Asia Pacific and beyond.  Learning across 🇻🇳🇱🇦 borders, Preah Vihear Prov Hospital 🇰🇭 meets CoE standards, ObservaMas 🇦🇷 releases Code monitoring report, digital solutions at WHA side event, new publications, ++ mailchi.mp/fhi360/alive...

Indian startup CareMother by Doto Health expands to Vietnam through a strategic partnership with Alive & Thrive, Health Departments in Vietnam and Laos. The collaboration is designed to harness digital health solutions to reduce maternal and infant mortality www.biospectrumasia.com/news/30/2616...

On #WorldNoTobaccoDay, Alive & Thrive introduces Al detectors to monitor and enforce the comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship. Alive & Thrive is now looking for partnerships to introduce and adapt this powerful new AI tool to new markets for expanded impact.

World Health Assembly: In a new resolution, Member States agreed to expand the provisions of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes to tackle digital marketing of formula milk and baby foods. www.who.int/news/item/26...

Can #AI advance #Nutrition4All?✅. In 🇻🇳, Alive and Thrive's virtual assistant is helping detect online violations of the BMS Code, proving that tech can support enforcement. As #WHA78 discusses #BMS marketing, we urge countries to support the resolution. 🍼 scalingupnutrition.org/news/regulat...

Postpartum care could encourage more families to feel confident about having children. Enhancing public policy and incorporating international best practices will be essential to meet the evolving needs of mothers and families in Vietnam. e.vnexpress.net/news/life/th...

NEW PUBLICATION: Economic and environmental impacts of commercial milk formula in Indonesia: estimates and comparisons using the Cost of Not Breastfeeding, Green Feeding, and Mothers’ Milk Tools. internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

News from Alive & Thrive in East Asia Pacific and beyond.  Read about Cambodia’s Food Security & Nutrition Strategy, Mongolia’s Code Monitoring Digital Platform, Vietnam’s AI tool to curb alcohol marketing, new publications, Green Feeding Tool, and more. mailchi.mp/fhi360/alive...

NEW PUBLICATION: Incremental financial costs of strengthening large-scale child nutrition programs in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Vietnam: retrospective expenditure analysis. globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

This company is a parent’s worst nightmare! Just take a look at this #ExploitativeMarketing of unhealthy foods by Nestle targeting children at Circle K in Vietnam. Buy 4 Nestle chocolate ice cream and get a free Nestle branded unicorn toy.

At the Maternal & Infant Nutrition & Nurture (MAINN) conference - Constance Ching presenting on using digital technologies to monitor inappropriate marketing @mathisenroger.bsky.social

WEBINAR: Tooling up the baby friendly hospital initiative – maternity care for gender justice and health of humans and planet. Monday, 5 May 2025. Zoom online webinar. crawford.anu.edu.au/event/toolin...

This Earth Day, learn more about the Green Feeding Tool with this new animation. #EarthDay #EarthDay2025 #GreenFeedingTool www.linkedin.com/posts/alive-...

NEW PUBLICATION: Human milk bank services and Islamic milk kinship: pathways and processes for ensuring respect for religious law and tradition in the provision of donor human milk for small vulnerable newborns. internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

New WHO/UNICEF Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative Monitoring Manual highlights the Birthing Experience Monitoring Tool as a routine monitoring solution. The tool was developed in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia with support from Alive & Thrive / Embassy of Ireland Vietnam knowledge.unicef.org/child-nutrit...

Breastfeeding Model Hospital initiative recognized as a vital strategy to fight malnutrition in Laos. With funding from the Embassy of Ireland in Vietnam and other development partners, the initiative is implemented by Ministry of Health with support from Alive & Thrive. mailchi.mp/fhi360/breas...

News from Alive & Thrive in East Asia Pacific and beyond. In this newsletter you can learn more about virtual violations detectors, BFHI routine monitoring solution, new research publications, and recent achievements in Argentina and Laos. mailchi.mp/fhi360/alive...

World Health Day 2025: The campaign ‘Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures’ will urge governments and the health community to ramp up efforts to end maternal & newborn deaths and prioritize women’s health and wellbeing. #HopefulFutures #HealthForAll www.linkedin.com/posts/rogerm...

NEW PUBLICATION: Expenditures on Strengthening Large Scale Breastfeeding Counseling Programs in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Vietnam. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Exciting new partnership launched in Paris today to develop an AI-Guided Gambling Advertising Tracking and Transgression Assessment by Alive & Thrive and The French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT). www.linkedin.com/posts/rogerm...

At the Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN) Asia Gathering, Alive & Thrive represented SUN Civil Society Alliance in Vietnam with World Vision and shared insights from its webinar series and learning visit on closing the gender nutrition gap which brought 14 country reps to Vietnam. mailchi.mp/fhi360/sun-g...

Laos develops a digital platform to support monitoring and enforcing the Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes. Alive & Thrive has partnered with UNICEF, the Ministry of Health, and partners to develop the platform and integrate #AI solutions. mailchi.mp/fhi360/vivid...

The Birthing Experience Monitoring Tool gathers insights on provider-driven practices around childbirth and is part of broader efforts to address malnutrition across Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam supported by Ireland 🇮🇪 mailchi.mp/fhi360/lao-m...

News from Alive & Thrive in East Asia Pacific and beyond. This month includes updates on the Birthing Experience Monitoring Tool, Digital Marketing Monitoring Platform, publications on lessons for breastfeeding policy and complementary feeding programs. mailchi.mp/fhi360/alive...

NEW PUBLICATION: Evidence-Based Lessons from Policy Implementation Research in Two Countries Achieving Progress on Global Breastfeeding Targets: Recommendations from the Philippines and Viet Nam. www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/13...

NEW PUBLICATION: Evidence-Based Lessons From Two Decades of Implementation Research on Complementary Feeding Programmes. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Currently at the Executive Board meeting of @who.int as a delegate of International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA). On Saturday, we made a statement motivating for breastfeeding to be included into action plans on climate change & health:

UNICEF and Alive & Thrive East Asia Pacific have partnered to enhance nutrition during the first 1,000 days in the Middle East & North Africa. The new partnership will provide strategic advocacy and capacity-building support to country teams and partners. mailchi.mp/fhi360/alive...

News from Alive & Thrive in East Asia Pacific and beyond. This month you can read about progress establishing Centers of Excellence for Breastfeeding, a new partnership in Middle East & North Africa, innovations in postpartum support, and more. mailchi.mp/fhi360/alive...

🔥 Big news for public health, mums and babies in Australia! The ACCC has denied the Infant Nutrition Council's bid to keep the baby food industry's self-regulatory marketing agreement (MAIF Agreement). Here's why that matters 🧵⬇️

New publication with assessment of the Alive & Thrive Initiative: “The commitment and investment over 16 years to Alive & Thrive (…) has been unprecedented in the field of nutritional sciences and remarkable for its long-term vision.” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...