Nutrition assessment counseling and support

Evaluation of Nigeria’s Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Package - Progress Report #2

Community‐based infant and young child feeding (IYCF) promotion, counseling, and support has been acknowledged as one of the key pillars of IYCF strategies in many countries. In 2009, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) agreed that a global generic IYCF training package for community health workers was needed to complement the existing WHO/UNICEF Breastfeeding, Complementary Feeding and Infant and Young Child Feeding Integrated Counselling training package. It was specifically designed for facility health workers.

Evaluation of Nigeria’s Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Package - Progress Report #1

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Meeting of a C‐IYCF support group in Benue State, Nigeria

Many countries have acknowledged community‐based infant and young child feeding (IYCF) promotion, counseling, and support as one of the key pillars of IYCF strategies.

Evaluation of Nigeria’s Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Package: Report of a Mid-Process Assessment

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Women attend a C-IYCF support group meeting in Nigeria. Sascha Lamstein, SPRING.

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.

Allocating Money for Better Nutrition in Nigeria

How the Jos South Local Government Area (LGA) in Nigeria’s Plateau State came to prioritize improved nutrition by allocating funding for infant and young child feeding (IYCF) activities for the first time.

Breastfeeding Basics Mean Better Nutrition

Funded by USAID, SPRING/Ghana’s scaling up of the UNICEF infant and young child feeding (IYCF) training package in 15 districts in northern Ghana encourages early initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months, and continued breastfeeding for the first two years.

Creating a More Welcoming Environment at Hôpital Immaculée Conception des Cayes Supports Nutrition Counseling in Haiti

This success story describes how small improvements to the maternity ward at Hôpital Immaculée Conception des Cayes in southern Haiti are supporting nutrition counseling.

SPRING/Haiti Works with “Nutrition Focal Point” Agents to Amplify Nutrition Messages

Needing to increase the number of health facilities served from 12 to 17 in FY15 had the SPRING/Haiti project asking an important question: How was the project's small technical staff going to reach 17 health facilities located in 9 departments to strengthen the nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) continuum of care?

Haiti: Final Country Report, Fiscal Years 2012-2015

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Executive Summary

SPRING officially launched activities in Haiti in April 2012, collaborating with the Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population (MSPP). Children under five years of age, pregnant and lactating women, and people living with HIV/ AIDS were the direct beneficiaries of our three-year program.

SPRING Presents at Annual Global Health Mini-U

During her presentation “Building Nutrition Capacity of Health Workers” at the 15th annual Global Health Mini-University, Dr.

Integration of Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support into Routine Health Service Delivery

Background

SPRING is a five-year cooperative agreement funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), with the goals of reducing undernutrition, preventing stunting, and reducing anemia in women and children. To achieve this, SPRING/Uganda provides technical support to the government of Uganda to deliver high-impact nutrition interventions primarily targeting women of childbearing age and children under two years of age.