Guinea: Formative Assessment of Household Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition and Hygiene Practices
Introduction
Background
Essential nutrition actions
SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic: Reducing Malnutrition and Anemia Through a Multi-Channel Approach
On June 22, 2018, the USAID-funded SPRING project in the Kyrgyz Republic hosted an event in Bishkek to share important lessons and accomplishments of the project from 2014 to 2018.
Uganda Final Country Report
Executive Summary
The SPRING project, funded by USAID, launched activities in Uganda in April 2012, to work toward reductions in stunting and maternal and child anemia and proportion of children and adults with severe acute malnutrition.
SPRING’s major accomplishments in Uganda fall into five categories:
Junk Food (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 reducing junk food consumption and maintaining a healthy and diverse diet.
Junk Food (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 reducing junk food consumption and maintaining a healthy and diverse diet.
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.
Sharing, Learning, and Refining: SPRING Holds Program Design for Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Workshop in Guatemala
Over the past several years, SPRING has worked to create and refine guidance for the design of nutrition-sensitive agriculture programs. In late January and early February of 2018, SPRING staff Heather Danton and Sarah McClung traveled to Guatemala to share this knowledge and conduct a two-day workshop with the USAID/Guatemala Fomenting Agriculture Incomes and Resilience (FAIR) Project. The SPRING team was accompanied by USAID/BFS Nutrition Advisor Meghan Anson, and a consultant with USAID/BFS’s Food Security Service Center, Dr. Jim Yazman.
Putting Budget Data to Work for Nutrition
Nutrition budget and expenditure analysis determines how much has been allocated for nutrition over time, by various sources, and at the national and sub-national level.
Zambia: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in Practice
Executive Summary
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The SPRING Project, together with select nongovernmental organizations operating in Zambia, conducted a technical review of three agriculture and food security activities that have documented results in nutrition-sensitive agriculture.