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IMCF Improved Complementary Feeding Practices Newsletter. No. 8, March 2015

Year of publication 2015

Pages 9p.

Author Nutrition Division

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The eighth issue of the IMCF newsletter on Improved Complementary Feeding stresses the importance of community mobilisation to positively influence community knowledge and attitudes towards complementary feeding. The newsletter also reports on progress made regarding the integration of nutrition into Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools to promote dietary diversity in Malawi. For Cambodia, the newsletter reports about the effectiveness of the Community Nutrition Promoters training with a focus o f on changes in knowledge, attitude and practices.

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