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Nutrition-sensitive agriculture, as explored in this article, seems to exist more as a term than as an actionable concept.
Nurse taking MUAC measurements.
SPRING’s work in Senegal aims to deliver both nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions that complement and reinforce one another in five regions of the country.
IntroductionPhoto credit: Pam McCarthy, SPRING ConsultantSPRING conducted formative research from Jun
USAID/Bangladesh and the Department of Environmental Science and Management of North South University organized a workshop on 18 November 2015 to celebrate GIS Day.
This child anemia training module for training frontline health and Integrated Child Development Services workers in Uttar Pradesh includes training module, resources, capsules, and facilitators guide.
Prior to the Ebola virus disease outbreak (EVD) outbreak in Guinea in 2014, 76.6 percent of children
Prior to the recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, Sierra Leone faced nutritional chal
Recently, Dr. Jane Aceng, the Director General Health Services, launched the home fortification program in Uganda at the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala. The new program follows the National Infant and Young Child Feeding Guidelines by addressing micronutrient deficiencies, including anemia.
SPRING/Uganda, the Government of Uganda, UNICEF, and the WFP launched the Vitamin and Mineral Powder Program to address micronutrient deficiencies through home food fortification.
In the December 2015 Ag2Nut call, the Community of Practice presented a synthesis of a set of eight new studies that empirically test, using data from Africa and South Asia, whether a relationship between household agricultural production, diets and nutrition can be found.
A primary focus of our work in Ghana is the WASH 1,000 approach, which promotes four key behaviors r
At a 1,000 day household in northern Ghana, caretakers prevent children from consuming contamina
SPRING is bringing together program implementers to synthesize the evidence around implementation and provide global guidance to programs that plan to use micronutrient powders.
SPRING is focused on strengthening multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholder, and integrated anemia platforms.
Photo credit: Tim Williams, SPRINGExecutive Summary
BackgroundSPRING is a five-year cooperative agreement funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), with the goals of reducing undernutrition, preventing stunting, and reducing anemia in women and children.
Maternal anemia prevents oxygen and nutrients from reaching the placenta-fetus unit, which can lead to obstetrical complications and poor birth outcomes. This cross-sectional study explored the magnitude of maternal anemia and its relationship to obstetrical complications and birth outcomes.
This study investigated the effect of antenatal iron supplementation on maternal Plasmodium infection risk, maternal iron status, and neonatal outcomes in rural Kenya.