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In February 2015, SPRING began working with the citizens of Kubone to establish community-led total sanitation (CLTS), an approach that helps rural communities understand the dangers of poor sanitation and adopt solutions.
Today almost all of the houses in Piyaligo community have latrines and many also boast tippy taps. Naaba said a stigma is now associated with open defecation and that the community is aware of its negative consequences.
This document, produced by the A2Z Project, is a catalogue of guidelines, tools, and training and advocacy materials developed as part of their partnership with Cambodia’s National Nutrition Program.
Webinar To Review Approaches for Integrated Nutrition Programs
Today, more people have access to mobile phones than to toilets, according to the WHO. While this may sound unbelievable, it is a daily reality for the 2.4 billion people without adequate sanitation.
The 2013 Lancet Series on Maternal and Child Nutrition provided new evidence on the importance of wome
It has long been recognized that the nutritional and health status of a woman before and/or during earl
From September 16 to October 2, 2015, SPRING conducted the fieldwork component of a nutrition needs assessment in Sierra Leone to contribute to post Ebola virus disease (EVD) response efforts.
Two speakers, one from a programming and another from a research perspective on IFA use, will present their experiences on antenatal supplementation in Kenya.
What should be the role of agricultural colleges and higher education institutions in promoting nutrition sensitive agriculture? This online discussion shared experiences in integrating nutrition into agriculture curriculum.
This webinar highlighted the importance of an integrated nutrition-sensitive social protection system. Field examples are from Bangladesh, Zambia, Myanmar, and Nigeria.
Video highlights from this conference have been made available online. Presentations include “Sustainable Food Security and Nutrition: Demystifying Conventional Beliefs” and “Genetically Modified Crops: An African Perspective.”
SPRING and Digital Green launched their Community Video for Nutrition Guide to help global agriculture and nutrition practitioners integrate community video for nutrition into their projects.
The International Livestock Research Institute in partnership with Evidence on Demand has developed a learning resource for 'non-food safety' experts to understand foodborne disease in the context of development.
The 2015-2016 El Niño is anticipated to be the worst on record. This report provides a global analysis of the current and expected El Niño disasters and its impact on agriculture, food security, and nutrition.
FAO just released a manual for program planners of nutrition-sensitive agriculture programs covering the first phases of the programming cycle (situation appraisal, program design, and program review). This manual includes key questions, tips and references.
Pulses, including all kinds of dried beans and peas, are a cheap and nutritious source of protein and vital micronutrients that can benefit people’s health and livelihoods, particularly in developing countries.
This report details the progress and results of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement. Since its inception in 2010, 30 SUN country national budgets have been analyzed for nutrition-specific and -sensitive allocations.
Developing countries continue to make substantial progress against global hunger, poverty, and malnutrition, thanks in part to U.S. Government support through the Feed the Future initiative.
Men and women livestock holders are differentially vulnerable to climate change.