Nutrition for Infants and Young Children Introducing Zinc through the Private Sector in Nepal for the Treatment of Childhood Diarrhea: Results and Lessons Learned
...the implementation in Nepal of a global social marketing initiative for diarrhoeal disease control called Point-of-Use Water Disinfection and Zinc Treatment (POUZN) Project. POUZN aimed to create awareness of paediatric zinc treatment, together with pre-packaged oral rehydration salts (ORS) and oral rehydration therapy (ORT), for diarrhoea in children under 5 - and to convert that awareness into purchase and use behaviour...
Positive Deviance (PD)/Hearth...a home-based and neighbourhood-based nutrition programme for children who are at risk for malnutrition in developing countries. The "positive deviance" approach is used to find uncommon, beneficial practices by mothers or caretakers of well-nourished children from impoverished families. The approach calls for spreading these practices and behaviours to others in the community...
Child Survival
Theatre for Life: Health Information, Community Mobilisation and Child Rights - A Qualitative Evaluation
...a qualitative evaluation of the Theatre for Life (TFL) programme, which is part of UNICEF Sudan's Child Friendly Community Initiative (CFCI). Children perform plays designed to deliver 10 key messages around child protection, education, and (more recently) child survival and child rights...
A Tale of Two Magic Potions
...one of a series of health comics intended to entertain, engage, and educate school-going children all over India. "A Tale of Two Magic Potions" aims to spread malaria awareness, especially in areas where the disease is more prevalent, such as North East India. The chief content officer of the series said, "The main aim was to spread the awareness about hazards of malaria but not through traditional means..."
