Scaling up nutrition

Improved Infant and Young Child Feeding Takes Root in Nigeria

The 2013 Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) for Nigeria found that infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices remain suboptimal in Nigeria. Among other findings, only 17.4% of children under six months old are exclusively breastfeed, and only 35.3% of mothers are continuing breastfeeding at two years. Child nutrition outcomes are often poor, with the rate of wasting among children under five years old at 18.0% and the rate of stunting at 36.8%.

Supporting National Level Nutrition Efforts

Anemia working group members SPRING supported the development and finalization of the National Technical Guideline on Anemia Prevention and Treatment and subsequent protocols.

Factors Affecting Nutrition around Nepal: District and Subregional Snapshots

Nepal, like other Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) countries, is facing competing demands for time, human resources, and funding within the realm of nutrition programming. The priorities assigned by the international agreements to which Nepal is a signatory (such as SUN, the Millennium Development Goals [MDGs], and others) include a wide array of goals and corresponding targets, many of which are integrated into Nepal's 2013-2017 Multi-Sector Nutrition Plan (MSNP).

The 2014 SUN Movement Global Gathering & ICN2 Side Event

The Scaling Up Nutrition Movement (November 2014)

Understanding Scale-up in the Context of the Ugandan Nutrition Action Plan

This brief is the first in a series of "interim" technical briefs, culminating in a final two-year study report in 2015.

Scaling Up Nutrition Newsletter

Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) (May 2014)

Contributing to National-Level Nutrition Coordination and Policy Efforts

SPRING and its partners catalyze national-level dialogue around nutrition. Specifically, SPRING supports the secretariat of the Government-led IYCF technical working group, where the project is recognized as a great contributor with in-depth, technical nutrition knowledge. In addition, SPRING participates in other national nutrition coordination and technical fora, including the Civil Society for Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), National Nutrition Partners Meeting, and Nutrition Society of Nigeria.