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
![Data prioritization activity in Ghana](/sites/default/files/activities/thumbnails/spring_data_prioritization_exercise_thumb.jpg)
Activities | February 2015
Country Experiences Implementing the District Assessment Tool for Anemia (DATA)
News
![A woman holding her baby stands in a dusty field.](/sites/default/files/news/thumbs/dsc00484_th.jpg)
July 2017
Poverty is often a precursor to malnutrition. When families don’t have access to diverse diets and proper sanitation, the youngest members in the critical first 1,000 days, from pregnancy up to the child’s second birthday, suffer lifelong consequence...
![OFSP_MTMSG members in Tatale District display their Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) yields](/sites/default/files/news/thumbs/ofsp_th.jpg)
March 2017
In 2011, vitamin A deficiency was recognized as a significant problem that affects about seven in ten children under the age of five in Ghana and contributes to one in three deaths of children 6-59 months. Consumption of vitamin A-rich foods is encou...
![Top of the poster presented at this event](/sites/default/files/news/thumbs/washposter4_thumb.jpg)
August 2016
In July, the annual Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) conference, “Ensuring Availability and Sustainable Management of Water and Sanitation for All,” was held in Kumasi, Ghana. SPRING/Ghana took advantage of this in country opportunity...
Media
![School pupils reciting a poem on the effects of malnutrition on children.](/sites/default/files/thumbnails/b19b0264_th.jpg)
Galleries | September 2017
SPRING/Ghana Launches Nut Roasting Equipment as a Partnership with USAID and Hershey
Publications
![Photo of a woman and child sorting and drying groundnuts.](/sites/default/files/thumbnails/spring_gh_ag_brief_thumb.jpg)
Briefs | September 2017
Ghana: Reducing Aflatoxin Risks as Part of a Multi-Sectoral Approach to Nutrition
SPRING around the Web
![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
![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