a. Description of intervention The approach to promoting appropriate infant and young child feeding will be through a program of home-based peer counselling by trained, local women from the mothers' community. This approach will reach mothers who deliver at home and will also allow the messages to reach other key family members who may play a role in supporting breastfeeding and influence the foods choices for the infant. The main messages will be directed at encouraging early initiation of breastfeeding, promoting exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months of life, promoting appropriate timing of the introduction of complementary feeds, and ensuring an adequate frequency of feeds and diversity of foods used in their preparation.