Dr. Tuan Nguyen
@TuanNguyenMLE
A Scientist with 25 years to promote #breastfeeding, #MIYCN, & End #NCDs. A Technical Advisor @AliveandThrive, @FHI360. Studied @JohnsHopkins @UNC @BCMHouston
Just published today, our synthesis paper with lessons and recommendations from research and policy advocacy in the Philippines and Viet Nam to achieve progress on reaching breastfeeding targets doi.org/10.3390/health… @CONSTANCECHING4 @TuanNguyenMLE
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. @aliveandthrive @fhi360 @HealthcareMDPI_ mdpi.com/2227-9032/13/5…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Celebrate the 2025 World Human Milk Donation Day! Join the International Breastfeeding Journal's new collection on Donor Human Milk in the 21st Century: Policy, Practice, Innovation, Equity, and Impact. biomedcentral.com/collections/DHM #Breastfeeding #HumanMilk #DonorHumanMilk
Bank account recognizing breastfeeding: “Breastmilk Money functions as a sub-account within a Herconomy savings account. It calculates how much a mother would typically spend on formula and automatically redirects that amount into monthly savings” #Nigeria fox5sandiego.com/business/press…
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. #IntBreastfeedJ @aliveandthrive @ANUCrawford @ANUPopHealth …reastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
New paper: "Human milk bank services and Islamic milk kinship: pathways and processes for ensuring respect for religious law and tradition" Provides guidance and paths to those wishing to set up milk banks in Islamic contexts especially in S and SE Asia. link.springer.com/article/10.118…
American Society for Nutrition Foundation Announces 2025 Class of ASN Distinguished Fellows - American Society for Nutrition nutrition.org/american-socie…
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-a…
Our aim for this paper was to identify lessons learned to guide the next generation of complementary feeding programs. Specifically, we aimed to fill gaps in current literature on the key attributes needed in programs to achieve large-scale results.
In this paper, we extracted steps and processes used by effective complementary feeding programs to fill gaps on ‘how’ to design and implement large-scale. This knowledge is needed to address the continued high levels of suboptimal diets and wasting in infants and young children.
In this paper, we present a conceptual framework for strengthening complementary feeding at scale adapted from the conceptual model of an enabling environment for breastfeeding, socioecological model of behavior change, and UNICEF's Action Framework. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
Thailand Bans Advertising for Toddler Milk. ibfan.org/thailand-bans-…
Read a new publication from @aliveandthrive @fhi360research ers and Da Nang Human Milk Bank in Vietnam! mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/2…
This study identify factors behind prolonged donor human milk (DHM) usage at Vietnam’s first human milk bank. DHM is used briefly to bridge nutritional gaps and transition to mothers’ breastmilk, but low birthweight, preterm births and cesarean births are linked to prolonged use.…
Gearing up for the launch of Argentina's new Code monitoring platform. Recently, the Global Nutrition Innovation Incubator was in Argentina to co-facilitate and support the user acceptance test workshop of the Code Monitoring Digital Platform ObservaMas. mailchi.mp/fhi360/argenti…
NEW PUBLICATION: Factors Associated with the Prolonged Use of Donor Human Milk at the Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children in Vietnam. mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/2…
NEW PUBLICATION: Changing maternal and child nutrition practices through integrating social and behavior change interventions in community-based self-help and support groups: literature review from Bangladesh, India, and Vietnam. frontiersin.org/journals/nutri…