Food and Nutrition Bulletin: MIYCN Supplement: Programs and policies to improve maternal, infant, and young child nutrition in developing countries

This Supplement is the second in a series devoted to focusing attention on the need to improve maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) across the different stages of the key “window of opportunity” from preconception through pregnancy, the period of exclusive breastfeeding (0 to 6 months), and the target age for complementary feeding (6 to 24 months). It brings together a broad range of expertise from around the world. These papers are linked to an international dialogue to build support for MIYCN programs in a series of meetings, including those held at the Micronutrient Forum in Beijing in 2009 and the International Congress of Nutrition in Bangkok in 2009.