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DESCRIPTION OF CENTRAL 1 CHARACTERISTICS (IN COMPARISON TO OTHER SUBREGIONS)
Location: Rural
Households in lowest national wealth quintile*: Below Average (6%)
Households reporting conflict or raiding as an issue: Below Average (0%)
Uganda, like other Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) countries, is facing competing demands for time, human resources, and funding within the realm of nutrition programming.
In March 2013, SPRING/Uganda began supporting Uganda’s implementation of the Partnership for HIV-Free Survival (PHFS). PHFS is an initiative conceived by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S.
At the national level, SPRING/Uganda supports the Government of Uganda to coordinate the implementation of industrial fortification efforts. SPRING/Uganda has revitalized the National Working Group on Food Fortification (NWGFF) and supports NWGFF meetings and activities.
At the facility level, SPRING/Uganda works to strengthen nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) services as a complete package that is fully integrated as part of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and/or antiretroviral therapy (ART) services in HIV clinics.
SPRING/Uganda has worked closely with the Nutrition Secretariat in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) overseeing the implementation of the Uganda Nutrition Action Plan (UNAP) to scale up nutrition.
In May 2013, SPRING/Uganda conducted emotion-based formative research investigating child feeding practices during and after illness and perceptions about malnutrition in the first two years after birth.
This video is part of SPRING/Uganda's "Great Mothers, Healthy Children" campaign.Read more