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At birth, Nyepesi lost her mother to HIV. She was left in the care of her grandmother, Maza Akaba, who lives in Ichecheni community, 10 kilometers from Nyepesi’s home in Lafia, Nigeria. No one in the community would assist Maza with baby Nyepesi’s care because of the stigma associated with her…
Woman and child washing hands using a Tippy Tap.
BackgroundAnemia, or low levels of hemoglobin, is one of the most common public health problems in the world today. It affects 25 percent of the world’s population, more than 1.6 billion people (Benoist et al. 2008).
Sight and Life, a humanitarian nutrition think tank with the mission of eradicating malnutrition in women of reproductive age and in their children, and improving the lives of the world’s most vulnerable populati
The Childhood Blindness Project operated from 2006 to 2011 in the United Republic of Tanzania (mainland). The program supported the vitamin A supplementation (VAS) and de-worming programs.
SPRING’s work in Nepal focuses on nutrition systems and district-level anemia prevention and control.
This workshop launched the second phase of the IFPRI-led Gender, Agriculture and Assets Projects (GAAP2), in Nairobi, Kenya.
World Bank’s SecureNutrition Platform convened a panel of five World Bank social protection projects in a seminar to discuss how they are incorporating social behavior change communication for nutrition into their activities.
This event discussed how open data on agriculture and nutrition can foster innovation and drive organizational and sector change through increased transparency.
The purpose of this document is to recommend strategies that can be used to strengthen the long-term sustainability of vitamin A supplementation and de-worming distribution throughout mainland Tanzania.
The FAO has published detailed process reviews of two agriculture-nutrition education projects that aimed to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices using local foods, delivered IYCF nutrition education through community-based caregiver groups, and provided food-based messages thr
The final report of the Technical Meeting on “Integrating Agriculture and Nutrition Education for Improved Young Child Feeding” consists of 2 parts. The first covers the proceedings of the meeting held jointly by FAO and the Justus Liebig University (JLU) on 6–8 July 2015 in Rome, Italy.
This special edition is rich with field experiences and relevant peer-reviewed research that provide insights into the current state of knowledge and action for nutrition-sensitive programming.
Child malnutrition is a complex issue requiring integrated approaches across sectors such as agriculture, nutrition, and health. While national-level efforts are underway in many countries, there is little information on how to integrate at the community level.
Despite rapid economic growth in recent years, South Asia still has among the highest child malnutrition rates in the world with half the child population undernourished. Besides children, undernutrition among women and adolescent girls is also a major concern.
This paper proposes a new food security assessment methodology based on the concept of sustainable nutrition security (SNS).
Household surveys are not always effective in collecting reliable data on the amount of milk small-scale producers retain for household consumption. This study reviewed alternative survey instruments to measure milk off-take in Niger.
SPRING has conducted several studies to b
SPRING supported the development and finalization of the Nat
SPRING conducts trainings primarily for health care providers