US Ambassador Joins SPRING to Improve Nutrition in Kyrgyz Republic
US Ambassador Sheila Gwaltney visited SPRING/Kyrgyzstan program working to improve nutrition outcomes among women and children in Naryn Oblast.
Infant and young child feeding
US Ambassador Joins SPRING to Improve Nutrition in Kyrgyz Republic
US Ambassador Sheila Gwaltney visited the USAID-funded SPRING project in the Naryn Oblast of Kyrgyz Republic on June 8th and 9th.
On June 8th, Ambassador Gwaltney toured a SPRING-supported district hospital that provides maternal and child nutrition services to 68 thousand people, and met with new mothers receiving important counseling regarding the nutrition of their babies.
SPRING Conducts Training on Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in Guinea
SPRING’s Food Security and Nutrition Director, Heather Danton, and SBCC Advisor, Phil Moses, traveled to Guinea in April to facilitate a week-long participatory workshop with partners from Winrock, Institut Superieur Agronomique et Vétérinaire (ISAV), and local NGOs. The workshop aimed to inform SPRING partners’ behavior change and agricultural extension work related to nutrition-sensitive agriculture. The workshop covered the agriculture-to-nutrition pathways and principles and other key concepts, such as criteria for selecting crops that address nutrient gaps in local diets.
Beyond the Message: Building Community Health Workers’ Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling Skills
Join SPRING and UNICEF in this webinar to learn about the experience of scaling up the UNICEF C-IYCF counseling package and lessons learned from an evaluation of community infant and young child feeding (C-IYCF) counselling package in Nigeria.
Fishing for Good Nutrition
Fish are a major component of the Bangladeshi diet, providing excellent nutritional benefits, especially for pregnant and lactating women and young children.
Conducting an Infant and Young Child Feeding Support Group Meeting in Nigeria
This two-page job aid helps community volunteers in Nigeria conduct community infant and young child feeding (C-IYCF) support groups after they receive their training on IYCF.
Interactive Map of SPRING/Ghana Target Communities and Supported Health Facilities of the Northern and Upper East Regions
| Acronym List | |
|---|---|
| CDO | community development officer |
| CLTS | community led total sanitation |
| DWST | district water and sanitation team |
| GES | Ghana Education Service |
| EHO | environmental health officer |
| SBCC | social behav |
Strengthening Systems to Support Mothers in Infant and Young Child Feeding at Scale
Food and Nutrition Bulletin (2013)
Mid-Process Assessment of the Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Package in Nigeria Completed
Between March 28 and April 2 a team of evaluators from the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), UNICEF, and SPRING traveled to Kajuru local government areas (LGA), Kaduna State and conducted a mid-process assessment of the Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (C-IYCF) Counseling Package in Nigeria. The team included Dr. Chris Isokpunwu (FMOH), Mrs. Christine Kaligirwa and Dr. Florence Oni (UNICEF), and Dr. Pérez-Escamilla, Dr. Sascha Lamstein, and Ms. Susan Adeyemi (SPRING). The team was accompanied by representatives from the Kaduna State Ministry of Health (SMOH), Mrs.
Photos of Mid-Process Assessment of the Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Package in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), with support from two USAID-funded global nutrition projects (IYCN and SPRING), has made a significant investment in the adaptation of the Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (C-IYCF) Counseling Package to the Nigerian context. In spite of the global interest in the package, little is known about its impact on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition behaviors in the countries where it has been adapted.