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Developing a Process Guide and Tool for Nutrition Budget Analysis in Uganda

Financing is a key piece of any effort to improve nutrition at scale. In its recently-released Nutrition Strategy, USAID highlights the importance of financial systems, stating that political will for nutrition must be reflected through financial support, both at the national and sub-national level. A number of very robust costing activities have been completed, or are underway, by MQSUN, UNICEF, the World Bank, and others.

Strategic Agenda for At-Scale SBCC

Recognizing the need for concerted action to increase nutrition impacts through at-scale social and behavior change communication (SBCC) programs, SPRING partnered with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) to convene a gathering of global SBCC thought leaders from across public and private sectors to develop a strategic research and implementation agenda and action plan for accelerated nutrition gains through better SBCC programs.

Designing the Future of Nutrition SBCC: How to Achieve Impact at Scale Video

Social and behavior change communication (SBCC) is a crucial element of any nutrition intervention. There have been many successful nutrition behavior change projects around the world, but most are not implemented at large scale, and sustainability or cost-effectiveness of the interventions are not known. Throughout 2014, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and SPRING reviewed the evidence and consulted global thought leaders to identify priorities for nutrition behavior change. Working at scale to maximize nutrition impact emerged as an urgent priority.

Alive and Thrive: Scaling Up Infant and Young Child Feeding Programs in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Vietnam

A&T implements multi-component programs that make strategic use of data to plan, assess, and evaluate program impact to improve child feeding practices. The aim is to disseminate the models and the learnings widely, encouraging adaptation or replication of at-scale implementation in other settings.

Ag2Nut Community Call: Conversation with Harvesting Nutrition Contest Winners and SecureNutrition Platform Staff

The Harvesting Nutrition Contest award ceremony on February 19, 2015 showcased three agriculture-nutrition projects that demonstrated outstanding innovation, potential for impact, or scalability. Ag2Nut members often make or receive requests for case studies of "what works" in agriculture-nutrition programming, and this call gave the community an opportunity to dive in.