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The Sustainable Development Goals agenda makes achieving food security and ending malnutrition a global priority.
Bangladesh experiences high hunger rates, especially seasonally. Short duration varieties and direct seeding of rice were introduced to farmers in Northwest Bangladesh during the monsoon season to overcome seasonal hunger.
Global and Regional Health Effects of Future Food Production under Climate Change: a Modelling Study
This modeling study estimates the change in the number of deaths attributable to climate-related changes in weight and diets for six scenarios of climate and socioeconomic variables.
This article describes the rural Cambodian diet with a particular emphasis on the role of fish.
This gallery gives an overview of SPRING/Nigeria’s current work over three years of implementation, including trainings, sensitization meetings, counseling sessions, and more.
This case study provides some historical background on a partnership the Ugandan Government’s public private partnership to fortify food. The Government partnered with a number of oil manufacturers to implement a large-scale, country-wide fortification intervention.
Photo credit: Begumisa Anthony, TIL Consultant
A primary aspect of SPRING’s work in Senegal focuses on making agricultural interventions more nutrition-sensitive.
According to the World Health Organization, weekly iron and folic acid supplements (WIFS) should be viewed as a key intervention to prevent anaemia. India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) programme in 2012 to meet the challenge…
This job aid, developed for village volunteers, includes information on a variety of nutrition practices for mothers and young children.
This graphic depicts steps for tracking financial support for nutrition in low- and middle-income countries.Learn more about SPRING's work in nutrition budgeting and financial analysis
Authors: A. Pomeroy-Stevens1, A. D’Agostino1, M. B. Shrestha2, A. Muzoora3, N. Adero3, M.
This job aid, developed for village volunteers, includes information on a variety of nutrition practices for mothers and young children.
Timeline of PBN District ActivitiesIn Lira and Kisoro districts, as with the national Pathways to Better Nutrition (PBN) study, we used qualitative, budget, and secondary survey data to ask how nutrition prioritization influences funding for nutrition.
The U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson, took an informative tour of the community-based health planning and services (CHPS) compound in Kasuliyili of the Tolon District in the Northern Region on March 31, 2016.
Long known to reduce child mortality of children over six months of age, newborn vitamin A supplementation (NVAS) is being examined as a means to reduce infant mortality. NVAS involves supplementing infants shortly after birth with a single, large oral dose of VA (50,000 IU).
The inaugural meeting of Sierra Leone’s national anemia working group (NAWG) on February 4, 2016 included government representatives, local and international NGOs, UN partners, and donor staff.
USAID-supported research in South Asia has demonstrated that dosing newborns with 50,000 IU of vitamin A substantially reduces mortality at six months of age. This document provides an update on the research, policy, and programs in Bangladesh and Nepal.