SPRING recently conducted a nutrition assessment in Guinea to contribute to post Ebola virus disease (EVD) response efforts. Before the Ebola outbreak, Guinea faced chronically high levels of undernutrition and food insecurity. About 26 percent of children 0-59 months are chronically malnourished in Guinea, and about one-third of the population is food insecure.
To contribute to post Ebola outbreak response efforts, SPRING recently accompanied ACDI/VOCA’s Leveraging Economic Opportunities (LEO) project team during its value chain analysis fieldwork in Guinea.
In response to the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, SPRING accompanied LEO to provide a nutrition lens for its value chain assessment fieldwork.
In response to the Guinea Ebola outbreak, SPRING conducted a nutrition assessment to provide insights into nutrition status.
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, July 2015
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), June 2015
Cable News Network (CNN), June 2015
Globally, there is a substantial evidence base for effective and cost-effective nutrition-specific interventions.
Since 2010, Action Contre la Faim (Action Against Hunger) and a scientific committee led by a small group of researchers (Tufts University, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, World Food Program) and technical experts have collaborated to develop a method to analyse the complex, dynamic, locally-specific causes of undernutrition.