Dissemination Tools

Dissemination tools are important to communicate BBF progress as well as findings and recommendations to policymakers, decision makers, media sources, funders, and other key stakeholders. Developing communication materials, such as policy briefs and infographics, can be helpful for translating recommendations into actions.

The table below provides guidance on different dissemination tools and when to use them when implementing BBF.

Tool	Length	BBF Aim	Potential Audience	When to Prepare?	When to Use?
General Infographic	1 page	Describe BBF process for assessing the breastfeeding enabling environment	Stakeholders; general public	Before 1st BBF meeting and throughout 5-meeting process	Prior to BBF 5th meeting
Results Infographic	2 pages	Outline highlighted BBF policy recommnedaitons and summarize all priortized recommendations with a call to action	Stakeholders; general public	Between BBF 4th and 5th meetings	BBF 5th meeting and beyond
Comprehensive Policy Brief	up to 4 pages	Disseminate BBF prioritized recommendations	Policymakers, journalists, senior advisers to policymakers	Between BBF 4th and 5th meetings	At BBG 5th meeting
Focused Policy Brief	up to 4 pages	Disseminate one BBF prioritized recommendation at a time	Policymakers, journalists, senior advisers to policymakers	Beginning after BBF 4th meeting and beyond	At or after BBF 5th meeting

The timeline above shows how these dissemination tools can be developed and modified throughout the BBF 5-meeting process.

A training series and templates are available to help countries develop these dissemination tools:

Examples of dissemination materials used by BBF countries can be found within the country profiles.