Increasing Access to Quality Nutrition Services Through Trainings
SPRING conducts trainings primarily for health care providers at the national level and in its implementation areas to deliver high-quality nutrition services and counselling.
Workforce
Supporting National Level Nutrition Efforts
SPRING supported the development and finalization of the National Technical Guideline on Anemia Prevention and Treatment and subsequent protocols.
Educating and Training a Workforce for Nutrition in a Post-2015 World
Perspectives: Educating and Training a Workforce for Nutrition in a Post-2015 World. Jessica C Fanzo, Matthew M Graziose, Klaus Kraemer, Stuart Gillespie, Jessica L Johnston, Saskia de Pee, Eva Monterrosa, Jane Badham, Martin W Bloem, Alan D Dangour, Richard Deckelbaum, Achim Dobermann, Patrizia Fracassi, SM Moazzem Hossain, John Ingram, Johann C Jerling, CJ Jones, Stefanus Indrayana Jap, Lynnda Kiess, Quinn Marshall, Keith Martin, Anuradha Narayan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nayamongo, Fré Pepping, and Keith P West. Adv Nutr November 2015 6 6): 639-647; doi:10.3945/an.115.010041
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SPRING/Haiti Celebrates Progress Towards Improved Nutrition During Project Close-out Event
The SPRING/Haiti program closed out on October 13, 2015, after three years of nutrition programming work in-country.
Haiti: Exploring Approaches to Building Capacity for Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support Services
Executive Summary
Evidence-based nutrition interventions exist that can positively impact maternal and child nutrition. They also can significantly reduce mortality, if sufficient programmatic coverage is achieved (Bhutta et al. 2013).
Community Clinic in Bangladesh Sets a New Standard of Care
In Bangladesh, seven million children suffer from stunting caused by undernutrition, which means that they are unable to develop to their full mental and physical potential. But one health clinic in Bangladesh has become a powerful example for the improvement of nutrition in local communities with the aim of preventing stunting and maternal and child anemia.
Healthy Food for a Healthy World: Promoting Nutrition through the Peace Corps
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, July 2015
Farmer Field and Business School (FFBS) Toolkit
CARE International, June 2015
Nutrition Workforce Mapping Toolkit
SPRING has developed a simple and easy-to-use toolkit for mapping the nutrition workforce within the health sector. The purpose of this assessment is to collect data on nutrition-specific actions performed by health workers at different levels with the health care service-delivery system.
Women’s Agricultural Work and Nutrition in Pakistan: Findings from Qualitative Research
Lansa Working Paper Series, January 2015.