SPRING is supporting national efforts to improve nutrition-related health outcomes in Bangladesh. Through a series of activities, SPRING is working with local partners and the Ministry of Health to strengthen in-country capacity to reduce undernutrition. In its first three-months, the project has undertaken a rapid analysis and mapping exercise to identify the 15 focus upazilas or subdistricts in Barisal and Khulna with the greatest need.
Bangladesh has made substantial progress in improving the health and nutrition of women and children, but absolute levels of undernutrition are still high. According to the 2014 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey, stunting is elevated at 36 percent, and wasting stands at 14 percent.
Getting nutrition commitments cemented into other sectors' plans and strategies at global, national and program levels will demand lengthy and sensitive negotiation, backed up wi
CGIAR, January, 2018.
Transform Nutrition, September 2017.
SPRING pioneered the farmer nutrition school approach in Bangladesh by innovatively combining the proven “farmer field school” and “essential nutrition actions” methods. Farmer nutrition schools enabled pregnant and lactating women and mothers with children under two to adopt improved nutrition and hygiene practices, and to improve production and consumption of diversified, micronutrient-rich foods.
SPRING/Bangladesh is a seven-year USAID-funded project focused on the 1,000-days approach, promoting Essential Nutrition Actions and Essential Hygiene Actions (ENA/EHA) by pregnant and lactating women (PLW) and children under two years of age.
