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SPRING is working to improve the measurement of anemia and micronutrient deficiencies through our work in two research groups:HEmoglobinMEasurement (HEME) and Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA).
Women's economic empowerment directly improves the family’s nutritional status.
Despite a number of studies indicating the importance of integrating nutrition into agricultural and livelihoods programming, there are surprisingly few real world examples of how to do so effectively and to scale.
USAID’s Multi-Sectoral Anemia Task Force was established in 2011 to increase the coverage of anemia prevention and control interventions among pregnant women and children under two, with concentrated efforts to reduce maternal and neonatal deaths in specific countries.
From March 29-April 16, 2017, SPRING/Senegal is participating in the 18th Annual International Fair for Agricultural and Animal Resources (FIARA) to promote a multi-sectoral approach to improving nutrition, as well as products from partner produce
From March 29-April 16, 2017, SPRING/Senegal is participating in the 18th Annual International Fair for Agricultural and Animal Resources (FIARA) to promote a multi-sectoral approach to improving nutrition, as well as products from
Photo credit: Tim Williams, SPRINGUndernutritio
The current cut-offs for the determination of anemia were established in 1968 and have had minimal adjustments since. These thresholds have crucial implications for clinical and public health practice, affecting individual-level treatment protocols and our population prevalence data for local,…
The FSN Forum of the FAO invites the participants of the FSN Forum to read the discussion paper on "Inclusive value chains for sustainable agriculture and scaled up food security and nutrition outcomes" and engage in a stimulating discussion to assist the Rome-based agencies—including FAO, IFAD a
On March 16, Domitille Kauffmann from FAO’s Nutrition and Food Systems Division delivered a training to strengthen capacities of development practitioners to integrate nutrition into their agricultural and livelihoods projects.
On March 16, the World Bank Group Agriculture Global Practice co-hosted with the Health Global Practice and SecureNutrition a presentation by the authors of the Global Panel’s “Foresight Report,” Emmy Simmons and Dr. Patrick Webb.
This blog post shares updates on the development of the pro-WEAI, highlighting a midterm workshop on March 9-11, 2017 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which reviewed progress on the quantitative and qualitative studies being undertaken by 15 agricultural development projects.
The United Kingdom and Germany have pre-selected 7 NAMA Support Projects targeting emission reductions from the NAMA Facility’s 4th Call, which will receive funding for their Detailed Preparation Phase.
Why would talking about a clock help a family grow more food? In this guest blog, Emily Hillenbrand highlights the work of the Pathways program, which focuses on getting women farmers access to the rights, resources, and skills they need to be effective producers.
Targeting interventions for smallholder farmers is constrained by a lack of nuanced information about these populations’ behaviors.
The World Health Organization recently hosted a nutrition seminar at its headquarters in Geneva to discuss the Global Panel’s recently launched Foresight report Food Systems and Diets: Facing the Challenges of the 21st Century.
Empowering women is a critical component to improving food security. But what does women's empowerment in agriculture look like and how can practitioners design activities to promote it?
IFPRI’s annual report on global food policy marks progress in 2016 towards food security and nutrition, as well as a commitment to sustainable development. This year’s report has a special focus on the challenges and changes surrounding rapid urbanization and its consequences.
The authors perform a qualitative study of changing food habits in Humla, Nepal, based on outside factors like access to markets and work-for-food programs.