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Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition

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.

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.

IBFAN Africa Commits to Good Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition Practices

Uganda’s Office of the Prime Minister worked closely with the Ministry of Health (MOH), IBFAN Uganda, and other partners to host the 9th IFBAN Africa Regional Conference, which attracted approximately 283 participants from 14 African countries.

With a theme of “Translating the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding into Optimal Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition in Africa,” the conference focused on:

Community Video (Niger): All Women Need Good Nutrition

Hassan is preparing to go on a journey. His wife, Maimouna, goes to the health center for her prenatal visit, where a health worker gives her iron and folic acid tablets (IFA) and discusses how to properly take the tablets to avoid side effects. He also explains the importance of IFA tablets and proper nutrition for the health of the mother and child, and for all women and girls of childbearing age. At home, Maimouna shares this information with her husband, who educates family members to take care of Maimouna during pregnancy and lactation while he is away.

Ag2Nut Community Call: Farm-level Pathways to Improved Nutritional Status: New Empirical Evidence from Africa and South Asia

In the December 2015 Ag2Nut call, the Community of Practice presented a synthesis of a set of eight new studies that empirically test, using data from Africa and South Asia, whether a relationship between household agricultural production, diets and nutrition can be found.