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Breastfeeding benefits: healthy weight gain, fewer infections, increased intelligence, probable protection against overweight and diabetes, cancer prevention for mothers.Please feel free to share on social media with #WBW2016.
In 2015, 270 SPRING/Nigeria support groups helped mothers improve infant and young child feeding practices.Please feel free to share on social media with #WBW2016.
823,000 child and 20,000 maternal deaths could be averted each year through universal breastfeeding.Please feel free to share on social media with #WBW2016.
Mary Ohamije, a community volunteer in Eror, a remote area of Nigeria, attended a three-day training on the value of C-IYCF. As a result of the training, she and her husband continue to educate other households about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding.
A farmer, David Kershima lives in Mbaiam community in Benue State. He and his wife joined a community-based infant and young child feeding (C-IYCF) support group in June 2014, when his wife was almost nine months pregnant with their first child. SPRING builds the capacity of local partner…
Looking only at the portfolio of Feed the Future activities funded by USAID Bangladesh, SPRING worked with the USAID Bangladesh Mission and its Feed the Future partners to identify ways of strengthening their vision, plans, and approaches for coordination and collaboration of technical sectors,…
SPRING presented final PBN cross-study recommendations on July 28th, 2016.
The Minimum Package of Activities (MPA) is a tool that aims to strengthen the knowledge and skills of health center staff in Cambodia in regards to nutrition to improve the health of mothers and young children.
After the ANH Academy Week meeting, an Ag2Nut Community of Practice Ethiopian sub-group was formed, maintaining a separate email list for the purpose of sharing Ethiopia-specific events, opportunities and resources, and for working together on common capacity and policy issues affecting agriculture…
This success story describes how small improvements to the maternity ward at Hôpital Immaculée Conception des Cayes in southern Haiti are supporting nutrition counseling.
Working with a team of eight trained data collectors, SPRING staff in Uganda conducted a midline assessment through key informant interviews with MNP users and distributors to inform efforts to strengthen micronutrient powder (MNP) distribution.
A delegation of U.S.
To commemorate World Breastfeeding Week 2016, SPRING staff in Kyrgyz Republic and community leaders in the town of Kara Kul, held a community gathering that connected local health workers and families to raise aware
SPRING Staff in the Kyrgyz Republic, together with local leaders in the town of Kara Kul, Jalal-abad Oblast, held an event with 150 people to raise awareness of the importance and health benefits of breastfeeding.
SPRING/Bangladesh observed World Breastfeeding Week from August 1-7, 2016 by organizing over 100 rallies, quiz competitions, discussions, and several dramas and music performances in all 40 upazilas across Khulna and Barisal divisions.
SPRING/Bangladesh observed World Breastfeeding Week from August 1-7, 2016 by organizing over 100 rallies, quiz competitions, discussions, and several dramas and music performances in all 40 upazilas across Khulna and Barisal divisions.
SPRING/Bangladesh observed World Breastfeeding Week from August 1-7, 2016 by organizing over 100 rallies, quiz competitions, discussions, and several dramas and music performances in all 40 upazilas across Khulna and Barisal divisions.
Lauren Bailey, SPRINGSPRING/Mali's goal is to improve the nutritional st
In July, the annual Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) conference, “Ensuring Availability and Sustainable Management of Water and Sanitation for All,” was held in Kumasi, Ghana.
Webinar on the current nutritional status and practices of adolescent girls globally, and why investments in their health and well-being are crucial to improve nutrition worldwide.