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Family planning interventions include using modern contraceptive methods and counseling to space births or to limit the number of children.
Delayed cord clamping is the practice of waiting at least one minute, and up to three minutes, after delivery to clamp and cut the umbilical cord.
Supporting the production of foods rich in iron and other micronutrients to prevent micronutrient deficiencies is an indirect intervention that can lead to i
Biofortification is “the process by which the nutritional quality of food crops is improved through agronomic practices, conventional plant breeding, or modern biotechnology” without sacrificing important culinary characteristics and key agronomic traits, such as pest resistance, drought resistan
Studies in Nigeria indicate a high prevalence of undernutrition among under-five children, including a 41% stunting rate and a 14% w
Consuming unsafe foods exposes humans to viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi that can cause infections,
Depending on the prevalence of genetic blood disorders in a specific setting, and the available country resources, the health care system may include newborn screening services for early identification and better management of genetic blood disorders; genetic counseling to test and educate indivi
With WhatsApp, nurses and other health workers can turn to colleagues for assistance at any time.
The creation and use of compost is just one of the many agricultural techniques taught to the local farmer nutrition school students in Bangladesh's Barisal and Khulna Divisions.
SPRING has developed guidance tools to support countries to develop context-specific and data-driven approaches to combat anemia.
Photo credit: SPRING/GhanaIntroduction to the Documentary Video and Discussion Guide
In 2014, SPRING embarked on a collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) of Nigeria, to evaluate the Community Infant
In 2016, SPRING distributed OFSP vines to nearly 12,000 FNS members across Barisal and Khulna Divisions, making OFSP accessible to many poor women farmers for the first time.
During this webinar, Dr. Yaobi Zhang presented HKI’s experience addressing and building evidence around NTD control and elimination. The conversation was aimed to help attendees understand the linkages between NTDs and anemia, and to consider what their programs can be doing to address NTDs and…
The UN Standing Committee on Nutrition is supporting accelerated action for nutrition over the Decade of Nutrition through an inclusive and participatory process, by initiating an online discussion to collect ideas from different actors working on nutrition.
Appropriate indicators for measuring nutrition impacts in agriculture is a topic that has received much discussion.
SPRING’s field offices help countries take evidence-based nutrition programs to scale. Connect with SPRING and follow our ongoing and completed work in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, India, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mali, Nepal, Nigeria, Rwanda, the Sahel (Burkina Faso and Niger…
This upcoming symposium in Zambia will share past experiences, human-centered design, and innovations in gender and nutrition issues in extension.
The roundtable brought together African leaders in agriculture and health to discuss opportunities for the agricultural community to achieve nutrition security through healthy diets.
In this event, Sir Gordon Conway emphasized that sustainable intensification offers a practical pathway towards the goal of producing more food while ensuring that the natural resource base, on which agriculture depends, is sustained and improved for future generations.