Roger Mathisen
@MathisenRoger
Nutritionist promoting rights of women & children. Director @aliveandthrive East Asia Pacific @fhi360 Global Nutrition. Opinions are my own.
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-a…
“As total scores on Code implementation increased, per capita CMF consumption decreased. Most countries with high CMF consumption had no Code legal measures. Philippines, with the highest Code implementation score, showed the lowest per capita CMF consumption.” @aliveandthrive
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. @fhi360 @syd_health @FrontPediatrics frontiersin.org/journals/pedia…
“Vietnam offers a promising model: with support from the SUN Civil Society Alliance, it has launched the AI-powered Virtual Violations Detector, which identifies breaches of the Code in real time and alerts regulators, enabling swift action and targeted advocacy.” @AfshanKhan
Breastfeeding is a proven life-saver, yet digital marketing of breast milk substitutes is drowning out this truth. At #WHA78, countries adopted a resolution to stop this. My thoughts in @SciDevNet 👇scidev.net/global/opinion…
🌍 What we feed babies today shapes the health of tomorrow — for people and the planet. 🗓️ Join us on 7 Aug at 1PM BST for a #WBW2025 webinar on how communities are championing breastfeeding & strengthening support. 👉 Register: ow.ly/B6Wk50Wv66y #breastfeeding #SDGs
Proud to coauthor a highlighted paper and serve as Guest Editor for two collections at @SpringerNature. World Breastfeeding Week 2025: Creating Sustainable Support Systems communities.springernature.com/posts/world-br…
Great to see this @SpringerNature #WBW2025 blog mentioning our paper “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”. communities.springernature.com/posts/world-br…
New guidance from @UNICEF @IFECoreGroup provides technical and practical advice on why, where, when and how to support wet nursing within health and nutrition programs. knowledge.unicef.org/child-nutritio…
I was very pleased to assist in the development of this new operational guidance on wet nursing in emergencies and I am even happier that it is now published! Wet nursing saves lives in emergencies, this guidance will assist practitioners to support it. knowledge.unicef.org/child-nutritio…
NEW PUBLICATION: Empowering breastfeeding support: a review of challenges, solutions, and lessons learned from large-scale interventions in Vietnam. jphe.amegroups.org/article/view/1…
Application of a locally developed open-access digital monitoring system for the human milk bank network in Vietnam #neoTwitter pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40629436/?utm_…
Impact of Code implementation & maternity policy on improving breastfeeding/reducing BMS (CMF) use is crucial - however it has never been statistically proven. We explored the correlations and here are the outcomes: frontiersin.org/journals/pedia…
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. @fhi360 @syd_health @FrontPediatrics frontiersin.org/journals/pedia…
NEW PUBLICATION: Application of a locally developed open-access digital monitoring system for the human milk bank network in Vietnam. @fhi360 @aliveandthrive @BioMedCentral #IntBreastfeedJ @gatesfoundation @irlembvietnam …reastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
UN calls for bold nutrition action to tackle child and women nutrition crisis in Afghanistan. “Afghanistan’s nutrition crisis is not just a local emergency—it is a test of global commitment to the world’s most vulnerable children and women.” @UNICEFAfg unicef.org/afghanistan/pr…
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” mobihealthnews.com/news/asia/expa…
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-a…
India"s CareMother by Doto Health expands in Vietnam. “the initiative will enable real-time diagnostics, remote monitoring, and data-driven decision-making, empowering frontline healthcare workers and enhancing healthcare delivery in underserved areas.” vir.com.vn/indias-caremot…
Indian startup @dotoforher expands to Vietnam through a strategic partnership with @aliveandthrive and Health Departments in Vietnam and Laos. The collaboration is designed to harness digital health solutions to reduce maternal and infant mortality. biospectrumasia.com/news/30/26164/…