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Infant and young child feeding

U.S. Ambassador meets with Health Facility Representatives in Kasuliyili

The U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson, took an informative tour of the community-based health planning and services (CHPS) compound in Kasuliyili of the Tolon District in the Northern Region on March 31, 2016. This was the Ambassador’s first visit to northern Ghana where there are major U.S. Government-funded projects in agriculture and nutrition under the Feed the Future initiative. Dr.

SPRING/Nigeria Overview in Pictures

This gallery gives an overview of SPRING/Nigeria’s current work over three years of implementation, including trainings, sensitization meetings, counseling sessions, and more. These images show just some of the people we have reached and the interventions we have worked on over the last three years. But we are not done yet! SPRING/Nigeria aims to reduce maternal and child undernutrition and improve HIV-free survival of infants and young children.

Guide du Formateur: Formatation sur Site pour le Personnel de Santé

Diagram of how to hold an infant

Au cours de la dernière décennie, l’intégration de la nutrition dans les systèmes de santé a été de plus en plus reconnue comme un impératif pour la prévention et le traitement de la malnutrition, en particulier pour les femmes enceintes et allaitantes, les nourrissons et jeunes enfants et les personnes vivant avec des maladies comme le VIH (PVVIH) et la tuberculose.

Lifesaving Links in Nigeria

At birth, Nyepesi lost her mother to HIV. She was left in the care of her grandmother, Maza Akaba, who lives in Ichecheni community, 10 kilometers from Nyepesi’s home in Lafia, Nigeria. No one in the community would assist Maza with baby Nyepesi’s care because of the stigma associated with her mother’s HIV-positive status. Help came Maza’s way on a market day when she met a community volunteer trained by SPRING. The volunteer invited Maza to an infant and young child feeding (IYCF) support group where she received information about local health services. This small interaction began two-week-old Nyepesi’s journey to recovery.