Guinea: Formative Assessment of Household Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition and Hygiene Practices
Introduction
Background
Water, sanitation, and hygiene
Training Community Volunteers on Nutrition and Hygiene Module Toolkit
Section 1. Introduction
About SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic
Since late 2014, the SPRING project has been working to improve the nutritional status of children under two years of age and women of reproductive age in Kyrgyzstan by promoting the uptake of 11 evidence-based practices.
Clean Latrines (Kyrgyz)
SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic works with media partners and the Ministry of Health to develop and share videos on key nutrition messages across the country. This animated video contains key messages on the importance of keeping latrines clean and washing hands after using the latrine.
Clean Latrines (Russian)
SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic works with media partners and the Ministry of Health to develop and share videos on key nutrition messages across the country. This animated video contains key messages on the importance of keeping latrines clean and washing hands after using the latrine.
Hygiene Champions Improve Health in Senegal, One Village at a Time
SPRING trained Mariama and more than 250 other community members from 3 of Senegal’s 14 regions to establish and lead hygiene monitoring units. These units consist of 6-10 highly engaged and influential community members—often community health workers, village chiefs, local government representatives, and school teachers— who serve as champions for improved hygiene practices within their communities.
Growing Spinach for Nutrition: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Community Video in India
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.
Benefits of Chicken Raising: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Community Video in India
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.
How to Make “Good” Better: The Science of Improving Program Impact
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.
Seeing is Believing in Niger: Fourth Round of Data Collection
Niger’s Context
Niger, located in the Sahel region of West Africa, is characterized by harsh climate conditions that contribute to structural food crises and high rates of severe acute malnutrition among children.