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The 2016 Global Hunger Index presents a multidimensional measure of national, regional, and global hunger, focusing on how the world can get to Zero Hunger by 2030.
The new strategy of USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (FFP) provides a programming framework that captures the best of what FFP currently does, while challenging FFP and its partners to strive for greater impact with greater efficiency and sustainability.
These guidelines aim to strengthen the contribution of agricultural extension and community mobilization to improve household food and nutrition security in Uganda.
This infographic shows several opportunities for agriculture to contribute to improved nutrition, especially for those most at risk.
An impaired ability to respond to dark conditions suggests Vitamin A deficiency.
Recent reviews demonstrate that agriculture has little impact on nutritional status but the reviews do not critically examine the choice of appropriate outcome indicators.
This study examines the feasibility of delivering maternal, infant, and young child nutrition behavior change communication through an innovative agricultural extension program serving nutritionally vulnerable groups in rural India.
SPRING hosted a fourth Agriculture and Nutrition Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (AgN-GLEE) on June 18, 2013.
Every year, Uganda joins the rest of the world to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week (WBW).
Celebrated every year on October 15, Global Handwashing Day is dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an easy, effective, and affordable way to improve nutrition, prevent disease, and save lives.
In October 2016, SPRING/Bangladesh celebrated Global Handwashing Day with over 100 community activities.Read more
This short video features a group of adolescent students pledging to build handwashing stations in their households. Video taken at Kodaldhoya Government Primary School, Agailjhara upazila, Barisal district.
In August 2016, SPRING’s Nancy Adero (Technical Advisor of Anemia and Micronutrients) and Danya Sarkar (Nutrition Specialist) conducted district-level workshops to support Uganda’s National Anemia Working Group (NAWG) in piloting the District Assessment Tool for Anemia (DATA) in Namutumba and Aru
BackgroundAlthough micronutrient powders (MNP) are a promising intervention for reducing anemia in young children, research on MNP has focused more on clinical outcomes than operational issues.
How the Jos South Local Government Area (LGA) in Nigeria’s Plateau State came to prioritize improved nutrition by allocating funding for infant and young child feeding (IYCF) activities for the first time.
BackgroundIn Uganda, the MOH is piloting a program to promote MNP fortification of complementary foods for infants and children 6-23 months, with an eye toward national expansion.
BackgroundDespite improvements in anemia rates in recent years in Uganda, the prevalence of anemia among children remains high, at 49 percent. To continue reducing anemia, Uganda needs to focus its efforts on children 6–23 months of age.
IntroductionLevels of micronutrients added to fortified foods in Uganda must meet the standards set by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS).
IntroductionMicronutrient powders (MNP) are single-dose sachets of vitamins and minerals that are mixed into food immediately before consumption. MNP are—
IntroductionAnemia affects 25 percent of the world’s population, with disproportionately adverse effects on women of reproductive age and children in low- and middle-income countries.Strategies to prevent and treat anemia can be nutrition-specific or nutrition-sensitive bas