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Our publications curate evidence, best practices, and policies to help improve nutrition through health, agriculture, and economic development programs.

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Reports | September 2018

Endline Nutrition Survey in the Kyrgyz Republic

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Reports | September 2018

Kyrgyz Republic: Final Country Report

Photo of a group of women holding up SPRING nutrition counseling materials.
Success Stories | September 2018

Supportive Families Enable Healthy Mothers and Thriving Babies

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Success Stories | September 2018

Defeating Anemia: A Grandmother Takes Charge in Her Home and Community

SPRING-trained mediators
Reports | August 2018

The Value-Add of Community Video in Changing Nutrition and Hygiene Behaviors: Evidence from a Comparative Study in Senegal

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Reports | August 2018

Tools for Anemia Programming: An Immersion Workshop

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Reports | August 2018

Trends in Homestead Food Production and Nutrition Outcomes in the Feed the Future Zone of Influence, Bangladesh

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Reports | August 2018

Guinea Final Country Report

Photo of a man and woman posing outside with their infant child
Reports | August 2018

Sierra Leone Final Country Report

Cover photo: A mother and father with their child, sitting outside on a bench consulting with a health worker. Photo: Abdoul Khalighi Diallo for SPRING.
Reports | July 2018

Guinea: Formative Assessment of Household Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition and Hygiene Practices

Photo of a group of smiling women wearing SPRING projects shirts.
Reports | July 2018

Senegal: Final Country Report

Figure 1. The SPRING Framework for Applying Systems Thinking to Nutrition
Job Aids and Tools | July 2018

Assessing the Application of Systems Thinking for Nutrition

Photo of community health worker showing a mother (holding her young child) the MNP calendar
Briefs | July 2018

Comprehensive Costing in Micronutrient Supplementation

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Briefs | July 2018

Translating Evidence into Policy

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Job Aids and Tools | July 2018

Kyrgyz Republic National Antenatal Care Clinical Protocol

Figure 3: Nutrition, Growth, and Development in the Community. "The illustration in figure 3 depicts an ideal community that has all of the ingredients for good nutrition, growth, and development."
Reports | July 2018

Building a Shared Vision for Good Nutrition, Growth, and Development in the Community

Photo of a mother and her child looking over materials and receiving counseling from two health professionals
Briefs | July 2018

Adapting Nutrition Social and Behavior Change Communication Interventions to Meet Audience and Partner Needs

Photo of brightly colored junk food at a market. Credit: Lokendra Nath Roychoudhury
Briefs | July 2018

National Policies and Plans to Address the Dual Burden of Malnutrition

Cover photo: four teenage girls in their school uniforms, dancing and jumping as they pose for the camera.
Reports | June 2018

The Potential to Improve Nutrition through the Use of Fortified Maize Flour in Schools in Uganda

Cover photo: a young mother holding her smiling child in a clinic
Reports | June 2018

Uganda Final Country Report

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Briefs | June 2018

Engaging Adolescents to Accelerate Progress on the First 1,000 Days

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Posters | June 2018

District Assessment Tool for Anemia (DATA)

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Briefs | June 2018

Moving Nutrition Social and Behavior Change Forward

Cover illustration: a woman giving a slide show/power point demonstration to a group of mothers and fathers with their children
Training Materials | May 2018

India Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Community Nutrition Training

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Job Aids and Tools | May 2018

Nutrition Social and Behavior Change Strategy Library

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Posters | May 2018

Combining Health and Agriculture Formative Research to Improve Dietary Diversity

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Training Materials | May 2018

India Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Training

Thumbnail image of the Session Guide: a group photo of a family smiling.
Training Materials | May 2018

Designing Effective Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Activities

Photo of a woman posing in front of a SPRING banner. Caption: "Firuza poses with a SPRING banner at a training for volunteer coordinators."
Success Stories | May 2018

Be the Change You Want to See

Photo of three women looking at the toolkit materials.
Training Materials | April 2018

Training Community Volunteers on Nutrition and Hygiene Module Toolkit

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Reports | April 2018

The State of Maize Flour Fortification in Uganda

Photo of a mother holding her child wrapped in a blanket on her back.
Reports | April 2018

Ghana: Final Country Report

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Training Materials | April 2018

Behavior Change Concepts for Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture

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Training Materials | April 2018

Developing a Seasonal Calendar

Photo of a woman smiling in front of a lake
Training Materials | April 2018

Agriculture-to-Nutrition Pathways

Photo of a woman selling food at a market stall
Training Materials | March 2018

Essential Concepts in Agriculture and Food Systems

Photo of mother and child looking at nutrition chart
Training Materials | March 2018

Essential Nutrition Concepts for Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Activities

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Training Materials | March 2018

Strengthening Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages: Why it Matters

Photo of a group of women in medical coats pointing to charts on a wall.
Briefs | March 2018

Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Systems Thinking for Better Nutrition in the Kyrgyz Republic

Group photo of a mother-to-mother support group: a large group of women and men sit in plastic chairs in a circle.
Briefs | March 2018

Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Systems Thinking for Better Nutrition in Ghana

Photo of a young boy with a bowl of food on the table in front of him. Caption: "The beet salad is a hit at lunch time!"
Success Stories | March 2018

Kindling Best Nutrition Practices in Kindergarten

Photo of a child washing her hands with a tippy tap as several other children look on. Caption: "Children in the village of Touba Mourid have fun practicing proper hygiene by washing their hands at a special handwashing station or tippy tap."
Success Stories | March 2018

Hygiene Champions Improve Health in Senegal, One Village at a Time

Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Training Resource Package
Series | March 2018

Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Training Resource Package

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Reports | March 2018

Diet and Eating Practices among Adolescent Girls in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Cover image featuring a film crew making a community video.
Reports | March 2018

Community Media for Social and Behavior Change

Image of a woman watering her crops with a large watering can.
Briefs | February 2018

Drivers of Malnutrition in Niger: Analysis of Secondary Data Sources

Photo of a counseling group meting in a circle under a large tree.
Briefs | February 2018

Using a Quality Improvement Approach in Facilities and Communities in Ghana

Cover photo: an infant/toddler girl (with her mother, who is facing the other way) looking at the camera
Briefs | February 2018

Putting Budget Data to Work for Nutrition

Photo of about a dozen women and men sitting at a table during a workshop/conference. Credit: Josh Yosphyn
Reports | February 2018

Piloting and Implementing the District Assessment Tool for Anemia in Uganda

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Training Materials | February 2018

Strengthening Nutrition Assessment Counseling and Support (NACS) in Haiti