Table 1 Advocacy on the importance of having normal weight at birth

1. The mother’s vision or “dream” about the child to be born

2. Importance of the first 1000 days in an individual’s life in determining his/her potential and health

3. How the first 280 days (the antenatal period) influence a child’s life

4. How birth weight is an important component of the first 1000 days of life

5. Ability to improve “birth weight” by modifying determinants operating at individual, household and community levels