UNICEF, the Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), and SPRING carried out an evaluation of the Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (C-IYCF) Counselling Package in Nigeria. In September 2017, two SPRING staff members and one consultant traveled to Nigeria.
UNICEF, the Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), and SPRING carried out an evaluation of the Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (C-IYCF) Counselling Package in Nigeria. On January 31st, 2018 SPRING staff Peggy Koniz-Booher and Sascha Lamstein, along with consultant Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, shared the findings of this evaluation during a two-hour dissemination event, at UNICEF’s headquarters in New York City.
High-quality images have become an essential component of social and behavior change. They are especially critical in the print materials we develop for use in low-literacy or multi-language settings where written words are often barriers to communication.
There is growing recognition in the nutrition community that, to effectively address undernutrition, interventions must go beyond addressing the immediate (nutrition-specific) causes of undernutrition, such as breastfeeding and dietary diversity, to also address underlying (nutrition-sensitive)
Under the UPAVAN project, SPRING and Digital Green create community videos promoting nutrition-sensitive agriculture practices in Odisha, India. This community video shows a family working together to plant Indian spinach.
Under the UPAVAN project, SPRING and Digital Green create community videos promoting nutrition-sensitive agriculture practices in Odisha, India. This community video shows neighbors discussing the benefits of chicken raising for improved income, food security, and nutrition.
Since 2012, SPRING has explored and evaluated the role and effectiveness of storytelling in nutrition social and behavior change communication (SBCC), with a focus on community media, defined as technology-enabled media developed in the community, about the community, and with the community.
In Ghana, SPRING has been working in Northern and Upper East Regions where rates of child undernutrition are among the highest in the country.
A central part of SPRING’s work is to share learnings on how to implement effective nutrition programming. As more countries are moving ahead with efforts to end malnutrition globally, the need for large-scale implementation and impact has never been greater. While actors often know what kinds of interventions they need to conduct to combat malnutrition, these interventions are not always carried out with sufficient quality or scale to make the needed impact. That is why more and more implementers, researchers, and other partners are looking to implementation science for help. Dr.
