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Launch of the E-book, “The First 1000 Days of Life: Lessons from Social and Behavior Change Communication”

Developed and led by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India in technical partnership with the India Research Center and supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the e-book analyses literature, population-level data, and promising practices to improve nutrition-seeking behaviors within communities. These include strategies, messages, media channels, and cultural platforms. The e-book is a part of the Ministry’s larger initiative aimed to document, test and evaluate social and behavior change communication strategies to promote nutrition-seeking behaviors through Jan Andolan for POSHAN Abhiyaan, among pregnant women & Anganwadi Workers.

Dr. K. Viswanath, Lee Kum Kee Professor of Health Communication at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and faculty director of the India Research Center, is the Principal Investigator of the e-book; which is co-authored by:

Dr. Ananya Awasthi, Assistant Director of Research and Government Partnerships at Harvard Chan – India Research Center
Dr. Ramya Pinnamaneni, Research Fellow at Harvard Chan School
Dr. Dhriti Dhawan, Data Programmer Analyst at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Ananya Kumar, Research Assistant at the India Research Center
Manvi Poddar, Research Assistant at the India Research Center