Combating Mixed Messages: Promoting Complementary Feeding in Mumbai’s Slums

The First Thousand Days program in Mumbai’s slums provides one-on-one counseling, courses, and home visits with pregnant and lactating mothers on complementary feeding practices. The objective of this program is to support proper growth and good health during the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, avoiding the common plague of undernutrition and malnutrition.