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SPRING/Uganda directly supports and implements activities and policies related to large-scale food fortification to address stunting and micronutrient deficiencies, anemia reduction through multi-sectoral coordination, the introduction of a micronutrient powder (MNP) program in Namutumba District,…
Feed the Future aims to link agriculture and food security projects to deliver improved nutritional outcomes and is committed to reducing child stunting in its zones of influence by 20 percent in five years.
Photo credit: Mark Tan, Courtesy of Photoshare, 2009Executive SummaryThis review describes
SPRING’s work in Nigeria aimed to reduce maternal and child undernutrition and improve HIV-free survival of infants and young children. In particular, SPRING/Nigeria contributed to improved nutrition care practices and improved access to quality services. The SPRING/Nigeria approach focused on the…
SPRING/Bangladesh is committed to advocating the importance of handwashing.
SPRING/Bangladesh is committed to advocating the importance of handwashing.
From May 23-24, 2012, the SPRING Project led a nutrition advocacy workshop in Barisal, Bangladesh. Government officials and representatives from local organizations gathered to assess strategies aimed at improving maternal and child nutrition services.
The Assistant Administrator for USAID/Asia, Ms. Anne Aarnes, and the USAID/Bangladesh Mission Director, Ms. Janina Jaruzelski, visited SPRING on Tuesday, October 28, as part of a short tour that this VIP group is making in Khulna Division this week.
The Assistant Administrator for USAID/Asia, Ms. Anne Aarnes, and the USAID/Bangladesh Mission Director, Ms. Janina Jaruzelski, visited SPRING on Tuesday, October 28, as part of a short tour that this VIP group is making in Khulna Division this week.
By joining a farmer nutrition school, Anowara received valuable knowledge on hygiene, nutrition, and homestead food production, including techniques to improve vegetable gardening, poultry rearing, and fish culture. These lessons helped change her mindset and led to a positive transformation at…
This document is part of an occasional series produced by SPRING staff and consultants on topics of relevance to practitioners in global nutrition.
Agriculture extension agents are a valuable source of information and expertise for many small-scale farmers across the globe. As global understanding builds around the linkages between agriculture and nutrition, efforts are currently underway to integrate activities promoting nutrition into…
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This randomized placebo-controlled biofortified maize efficacy trial in Zambia demonstrated that ‘orange’ vitamin A maize increases vitamin A storage in the body.
This supplement is the result of a 2013 Evidence Summit to determine which evidence-based interventions and strategies support a sustainable shift in health-related behaviors.
This randomized control trial examined the effectiveness of a rural sanitation intervention to prevent diarrhea, soil-transmitted helminth infection, and child malnutrition in India.
An output from the A4NH March, 2014 meeting on “Developing a theory based framework to support the monitoring and evaluation of value chains for nutrition,” this paper develops and explains a framework based on program-theory concepts to support the identification, design and evaluation of v