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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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Briefs | July 2018

Translating Evidence into Policy

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

Ghana: Final Country Report

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

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Briefs | February 2018

Using a Quality Improvement Approach in Facilities and Communities in Ghana

Photo of about a dozen women with their children and several facilitators sitting outside in chairs for a mother-to-mother support group meeting in Ghana
Training Materials | January 2018

Facilitator's Guide for Conducting Mother-to-Mother Support Group Monthly Meetings in Ghana

Photo of a woman, Sanatu Fuseini, displaying her VSLA passbook at a meeting with a large group of other women.
Success Stories | November 2017

A Little Help from My Friends

Photo of a man, Tengdo Kuzoba, standing by his latrine and tippy tap.
Success Stories | November 2017

Community Video Spurs Collective Action to Improve Sanitation in Ghana

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Job Aids and Tools | November 2017

Ghana: Quality Improvement Curriculum for Community Health

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Job Aids and Tools | November 2017

Ghana: Quality Improvement Curriculum for Health Facilities

Photo of a group of fathers working through the support group material.
Job Aids and Tools | November 2017

Facilitator’s Guide for Father-to-Father Support Groups

Photo of a woman demonstrating hwo to properly use a tippy tap. Caption: Tippy tap demonstrations in Dinyogu Community and Primary School - in Gushiegu District.
Briefs | September 2017

Engaging Community Members to Adopt Effective WASH Practices for Nutrition

Photo of a woman and child sorting and drying groundnuts.
Briefs | September 2017

Ghana: Reducing Aflatoxin Risks as Part of a Multi-Sectoral Approach to Nutrition

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Briefs | September 2017

Ghana: Helping Health Workers and Caregivers Improve Nutrition through Multi-Sectoral Programming

A young girl washes her hands at a tippy tap.
Briefs | September 2017

The Integrated 1,000-Day Household Approach in Ghana

Training in the use of the HemoCue device to measure anemia
Briefs | September 2017

Reducing Anemia in Ghana: The SPRING Approach and Lessons Learned

A group of farmers, all in a line, prepares a field for groundnuts.
Training Materials | September 2017

Farmer Field School Curriculum: Good Agronomic Practices for Groundnut Production in Ghana

A farmer's hand holding a bunch of just-pulled groundnuts.
Job Aids and Tools | July 2017

Aflatoxin-Safe Groundnut Production and Consumption in Ghana: Community Drama Video Facilitator’s Guide

Four women pose holding bunches of groundnut plants.
Job Aids and Tools | July 2017

Ghana Aflatoxin Management Photo-Aid

A heath worker plots a child's growth on a chart.
Success Stories | July 2017

Charting a Path to Better Nutrition in Ghana

A groundnut farmer receives an award from a FFS instructor.
Success Stories | July 2017

Empowering Women through Better Agriculture and Improved Yields

A woman picks okra in her field.
Success Stories | July 2017

Clean Fields Bring Stronger Yields

Farmers drying groundnuts pods on a tarpaulin – Yendi District
Job Aids and Tools | July 2017

Good Agronomic Practices for Safe Groundnut Production in Ghana: Video Facilitator's Guide

A health worker calmly uses a Hemocue device on a patient. The patient covers her face with her hand and has a pained look on what we can see of her face. Two friends of hers look on with similar uncomfortable looks.
Training Materials | June 2017

Facilitator’s Guide to Training Health Workers in Ghana to Measure Haemoglobin and Assess Anaemia with the HemoCue® Hb 301 Device

A young child grins at the camera as she washes her hands at a tippy tap.
Job Aids and Tools | June 2017

WASH 1,000 Approach Photo-Aid

A man stands outside a round latrine structure with a thatched roof.
Success Stories | May 2017

Bringing Health to Neighbors through Better Hygiene

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Reports | April 2017

Opportunities for Integrating Nutrition into Agricultural Information Systems in Northern Ghana

Photo of Miss Bantaabu, a community health worker, meets with Madam Kusumi Gipi (right) during a counseling session about breastfeeding.
Success Stories | October 2016

Breastfeeding Basics Mean Better Nutrition

Household leaders meet together
Training Materials | September 2016

When a King Has Good Counsellors, His Reign is Peaceful: Viewer Discussion and Action Planning Facilitator's Guide

Faustina Kiisi, a community health nurse at Tolon Health Center, reaches out to her colleagues on WhatsApp.
Success Stories | September 2016

“Smart” Support for Better Nutrition

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Job Aids and Tools | September 2016

District Assessment Tool for Anemia (DATA)

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Reports | September 2016

Ghana: Field Testing of the District Assessment Tool for Anemia (DATA)

Seated woman holding a baby sits next to a man who is speaking and holding a pad of paper and a pencil
Reports | September 2016

Ghana: Landscape Analysis of Anemia and Anemia Programming

Mr. and Mrs. Azaghizo have increased their yield of ground nuts by spontaneously adopting better farming practices taught through farmer field schools.
Success Stories | August 2016

Better Farming Methods Yield Healthy Results

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Posters | July 2016

Using WASH To Improve Nutritional Outcomes For Pregnant Women And Young Children: The SPRING “WASH 1,000” Experience In Northern Ghana

A latrine constructed in a community in the Upper East region of Ghana after SPRING/Ghana’s WASH intervention.
Success Stories | November 2015

When WASH 1,000 Came to Piyaligo

Gmangun Charles shows off his household’s new latrine in the Kubone community in Ghana’s northern region.
Success Stories | November 2015

The Power of a Latrine

A Rapid Initial Assessment of the Distribution and Consumption of Iron-Folic Acid Tablets Through Antenatal Care in Ghana
Briefs | September 2014

A Rapid Initial Assessment of the Distribution and Consumption of Iron-Folic Acid Tablets Through Antenatal Care in Ghana

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Briefs | January 2013

Nutrition-Related Noncommunicable Disease Country Profiles