The Sanitation Hygiene Infant Nutrition Efficacy (SHINE) Trial: Rationale, Design, and Methods
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015
Water, sanitation, and hygiene
SPRING/Bangladesh Participates in the Second Annual Safollo Gatha
The second annual Safollo Gatha, an event organized to celebrate the best practices of social and behavior change communication (SBCC) in health, population, and nutrition programs, was held on Thursday, March 27 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Working with the Mopti Regional Government, SPRING/Mali Helps 20 of 26 Villages Celebrate “Open Defecation Free” Status
In 2015, SPRING/Mali set an objective to integrate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) into agriculture and nutrition-focused activities, through the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach in 100 villages in the Mopti region.
Stimulating Social and Behavior Change in Kyrgyz Communities
In tandem with the Kyrgyz Association of Village Health Committees, SPRING works through an existing network of “Community Activists,” the primary infrastructure in many communities for awareness raising and the dissemination of social messages. SPRING orients the Activists on a different nutrition-related theme (e.g.
Use of Tippy Taps and Handwashing Practices in Southern Bangladesh: Qualitative Study
Woman and child washing hands using a Tippy Tap.
Speaking Up for Better Nutrition
SPRING has been supporting Durgapur’s FNS since 2012 to improve nutrition and hygiene for pregnant and lactating women and women with children under two through improved access to a more nutritious and more diverse diet. Durgapur’s FNS graduates have motivated the community, bringing nutrition, handwashing, and hygiene to the attention of everyone around them.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy Global Learning and Evidence Exchange, West Africa - Accra, Ghana
SPRING, USAID's Bureau for Food Security, and Bureau for Global Health hosted the Multi-sectoral Nutrition Strategy Global Learning & Evidence Exchange (MSN-GLEE), West Africa from January 19 to 21, 2016, in Accra, Ghana.
Baseline Nutrition Survey in the Kyrgyz Republic
Photo credit: Tim Williams, SPRING
Executive Summary
To combat undernutrition in the Kyrgyz Republic, SPRING is implementing a comprehensive, multisectoral program to influence 11 nutrition-related behaviors that are linked to stunting and anemia:
SPRING/Mali Mobilizes Communities in Mopti to End Open Defecation
SPRING staff conducts a defecation mapping exercise as part of the CLTS “triggering” process in a village in Koro in September 2015.
SPRING/Mali is working closely with 26 communities in the Mopti region to end open defecation through the established community-led total sanitation (CL