Nutrition assessment counseling and support

Piloting and Implementing the District Assessment Tool for Anemia in Uganda

Executive Summary

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Strengthening Nutrition Assessment Counseling and Support (NACS) in Haiti

outside of a hospital. people walk by, ride bikes. there is a group of people under an umbrella.

Photo Credit: Nicole Racine, 2013

SPRING worked closely with the Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population (MSPP) to strengthen the nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) approach. The NACS components comprise a nutrition continuum of care:

The Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Package in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Community health workers showing feeding chart to mothers in Nigeria

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Photo-to-Illustration Guide

Introduction

a collage of nine illustrations of mothers with their children or by themselves.

The Importance of High-Quality Visual Images

High-quality images have become an essential component of social and behavior change. They are especially critical in the print materials we develop for use in low-literacy or multi-language settings where written words are often barriers to communication.

Endline Survey Results of Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS) Services in Health Facilities Supported by SPRING/Uganda

A health worker takes arm circumference and weight measurements on a 2-3 year old child being held by his mother. The child is making a distressed face.

SPRING, a six-year project (2012 to 2017), is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Evaluation of Nigeria’s Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Package - Progress Report #4

Young girls listen to an interview with a newly married woman who regularly attends C-IYCF support group meetings.

This progress report is part of the evaluatio

Evaluation of the Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Package in Nigeria: Women's Empowerment

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Photo credit: Sascha Lamstein, SPRING

Women’s Empowerment and Its Importance for Nutrition

Women’s empowerment and gender equity are globally recognized as essential for sustainable development (USAID 2012).

Evaluation of the Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Package in Nigeria: Nutrition Prioritization

Photo of a woman holding cards related to Infant and Young Child Feeding

Photo credit: Rafael Perez-Escamilla, Yale School of Public Health

The negative effects of malnutrition on productivity, cognitive ability, and health status are not always obvious.

Evaluating the Nigeria Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Package: Design Overview

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Noreen Mucha, Independent Consultant

Many countries have acknowledged community-based infant and young child feeding (C-IYCF) promotion, counseling, and support as one of the key pillars of IYCF strategies. In 2009, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) agreed that a global, generic IYCF training package was needed.

Evaluation of Nigeria’s Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Package - Progress Report #3

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Field practice during health worker training

This progress report is part of the evaluation of Nigeria’s Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (CIYCF) Counselling Package, a joint endeavor of the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) of Nigeria, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the Strengthening Partnerships, Results