El Hadj, a father in Senegal who cares about the health of his family, is very attached to his home. Knowing the importance of good hygiene in preventing illness like diarrhea, malaria, and malnutrition, he supports his wife, Aby, with her tasks. Together, they collect and remove garbage from the yard, eliminate standing water, clean the latrines, and ensure all family members wash their hands with clean water and soap.
Stunting in children continues to be a public health challenge in Ghana, especially in Northern Ghana. In addition to inadequate dietary intake, poor water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices are a significant determinant of poor nutritional status.
In April 2017, SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic and the Kyrgyz tele-radio company, Tumar, organized seven free concerts in seven townships—Jalalabad, Tash-Kumyr, Kara-Kul, Kochkor-Ata, Mailuu-Suu, Shamaldy-Sai, and Naryn—to raise awareness about nutrition and hygiene issues within urban populations.
In April 2017, SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic and the Kyrgyz tele-radio company, Tumar, organized seven free concerts in seven townships—Jalalabad, Tash-Kumyr, Kara-Kul, Kochkor-Ata, Mailuu-Suu, Shamaldy-Sai, and Naryn—to raise awareness about nutrition and hygiene issues within urban populations.
En s’appuyant sur une collaboration réussie de la vidéo communautaire en Inde avec Digital Green, SPRING a adapté et évalué l’efficacité et l’extensibilité d’une approche de vidéo communautaire facilitée pour promouvoir la nutrition maternelle, infantile et du jeune enfant (MIYCN) et l’hygiène au Niger et au Burkina Faso. Avec les partenaires RISE dans les pays, SPRING a réussi à adapter le modèle de la vidéo communautaire au contexte de la résilience.
Building on a successful community video collaboration in India with Digital Green, SPRING adapted and assessed the effectiveness and scalability of a facilitated community-led video approach to promote maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) and hygiene in Niger and Burkina Faso. With in-country RISE partners, SPRING has achieved success in adapting the community video model to the resilience context.
Building on a successful community video collaboration in India with Digital Green, SPRING adapted and assessed the effectiveness and scalability of a facilitated community-led video approach to promote maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) and hygiene in Niger and Burkina Faso.
To effectively address anemia, countries must develop a context-specific understanding of their anemia situation. SPRING developed “Understanding Anemia: Guidance for Conducting a Landscape Analysis” to provide step-by-step support for gathering and interpreting data on factors that contribute to anemia and existing strategies for anemia prevention and control.
