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Lilia Bliznashka

Lily Bliznashka is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Her research focuses on assessing the effectiveness of multi-input nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions and the mechanisms through which they work to improve maternal and child health and nutrition globally. She has worked in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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Judith Hodge highlights the importance of infant and young child feeding

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We asked Judith Hodge, Independent Consultant on Global Food and Nutrition Security and Co-Editor of Nourishing Millions, to share her reflections on what works in nutrition. In this brief video interview, Judith shares her observations of the critical role that infant and young child feeding (IYCF)—and breastfeeding in particular—plays in child survival and growth in developing countries. World Breastfeeding Week is August 1-7.  

This post originally appeared on the Nourishing Millions site.


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