SPRING/Ghana aimed to reduce stunting by 20 percent in two regions—Northern Region and Upper East Region. Working in 15 districts within these two regions, SPRING/Ghana’s activities included anemia reduction, infant and young child nutrition; water, sanitation, and hygiene; aflatoxin reduction; community video; and support to the LEAP 1000 cash transfers.
SPRING/Ghana defined its activities through the 1,000 Day Household approach, which targeted households with pregnant women and children 2 years of age and younger. This approach synthesized each intervention area into a holistic approach designed to support the ability of the1,000 day household to care for and support the 1,000 day child.
SPRING’s main partners in Ghana included Ghana Health Services, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, the Ghana LEAP Project, UNICEF, and RING.
Read our blog post: Improving Nutrition, One Latrine at a Time: WASH 1,000 Strategy in Ghana Takes Hold
SPRING/Ghana
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Activities
News
![Annual report infographic 2015](/sites/default/files/news/thumbs/spring_fy15_annual_report_global_graphic_thumb.jpg)
January 2016
At the close of the Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) project’s fourth year of implementation, the project continued to reach a growing number of people with nutrition interventions in SPRING’s seven ...
![Three people looking at commodities in an office](/sites/default/files/news/thumbs/ghana_news_image.jpg)
April 2015
SPRING/Ghana’s activities aim to accelerate reductions in stunting and anemia in Northern Ghana. One critical aspect of SPRING’s intervention areas is to improve delivery of high-impact nutrition services. Service delivery and confidence in those ser...
![DATA training of trainers participants](/sites/default/files/news/thumbs/data_tot_th.jpg)
March 2017
SPRING/Ghana conducted a training of trainers (ToT) workshop for district-level trainers from seven districts—East Gonja, Tolon, Central Gonja, Tatale, Mion, Bawku West, and Kumbungu— in Ghana’s Northern Region to implement the District Assessment To...
Media
![First page of the infographic - see PDF for contents](/sites/default/files/media/graphics/thumbs/spring_gh_l_o_p_infographic_thumb.jpg)
Infographics | September 2017
SPRING/Ghana: Engaging Communities to Improve Nutrition through the 1,000-Day Household Approach
Publications
![Farmers drying groundnuts pods on a tarpaulin – Yendi District](/sites/default/files/publications/tools/thumbs/farmers_groundnuts_th.jpg)
Job Aids and Tools | July 2017
Good Agronomic Practices for Safe Groundnut Production in Ghana: Video Facilitator's Guide
![A farmer's hand holding a bunch of just-pulled groundnuts.](/sites/default/files/publications/tools/thumbs/groundnuts_th_0.jpg)
Job Aids and Tools | July 2017
![Photo of a man, Tengdo Kuzoba, standing by his latrine and tippy tap.](/sites/default/files/publications/success_stories/images/spring_cv_w_success_thumb.jpg)
Success Stories | November 2017
Community Video Spurs Collective Action to Improve Sanitation in Ghana
SPRING around the Web
![A tippy tap being used in a maize field in Ghana.](/sites/default/files/styles/spring_thumbnail/public/image/blog/tippy-tap-baby-3865606_orig-2014-15.jpg?itok=uFmGR27z)
Blog summaries | January 2018
More Than Just Irrigation: The Role of Water in Agriculture and Nutrition
![A man stands outside his latrine](/sites/default/files/styles/spring_thumbnail/public/image/blog/spring-ghana-th.jpg?itok=IsonlmDw)
Blog summaries | August 2017
Improving Nutrition, One Latrine at a Time: WASH 1,000 Strategy in Ghana Takes Hold