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About This CurriculumThis curriculum is meant for Quality Improvement (QI) trainings where participants ar
Improving nutrition requires far more than improving just diets.
BackgroundIron supplementation to prevent and control iron deficiency and iron de
In rural Kpatia-Tengre, a 131-member community in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region of Ghana, a lack of latrines resulted in community members openly defecating around homes and in fields that are used for agriculture. But when members of the community joined members of the nearby…
When Sanatu Fuseini received a loan of 200 Ghanaian cedis ($50) from her village savings and loan association (VSLA), she was beside herself with joy. Sanatu, a mother of four, had always dreamed of starting a small trading business in her rural community of Gundu in Northern Ghana’s Tolon District…
In 2016 and 2017, SPRING/Guinea worked with partners in Guinea to develop resources.
In July 2017, SPRING/Guinea held a six-day training on a graphic design technique known as the Photo-to-Illustration (PTI) process with illustrators and IT managers in Guinea and Sierra Leone, as well as Peace Corps Guinea staff and
In this study, the authors investigated the impact of mandatory wheat flour fortification on micronutrient status among women aged 15–49 years and children 12–59 months of age in Yaoundé and Douala, Cameroon by conducting representative surveys two years before and one year after the large-scale
This study investigated the efficacy of a reusable fish-shaped iron ingot, compared to daily iron supplementation, in reducing anemia in rural Cambodia.
Inflammation caused by infections and chronic conditions can modify the biomarker values used to assess micronutrient deficiencies.
Researchers conducted a systematic review to examine the health and nutrition outcomes of multiple-micronutrient (MMN) supplements with iron and folic acid (IFA) compared to IFA alone during pregnancy.
This Maternal & Child Survival Program literature review, published in Public Health Nutrition, aimed to review the evidence for community-based distribution (CBD) of iron–folic acid (IFA) supplementation as a feasible approach to improve anemia rates in low- and middle-income countries.
Some studies have shown that while micronutrient powder (MNP) with iron has been effective in reducing anemia, it has also caused an increase in harmful effects for the gut microbiome, including enteropathogens, diarrhea, and respiratory tract infections (RTIs).
This study assessed the impact of a local animal-sourced food (ASF) supplement on the micronutrient status of rural, Vietnamese women aged 18-30 years. Participants of this study were given either an ASF or a control snack five days per week for six months.
This workshop report summarizes the experiences of experts from nine countries around iron interventions in Africa. Infections, parasitism, and poor eating habits are primarily to blame for the prevalence of iron deficiency, and yet country-comparable prevalence estimates are still needed.
In May 2017, SPRING organized a trip for staff from the Feed the Future-funded Entrepreneurial Agriculture for Improved Nutrition (EAIN) activity and SPRING/Sierra Leone to visit the
Evidence suggests that higher iron stores may lead to a greater risk of malaria.
Anemia, iron deficiency, and infections are interconnected conditions that drastically contribute to child morbidity and mortality.