High-impact nutrition practices cannot be adopted and sustained by a given population simply by increasing knowledge or awareness. Many complex and contextual factors influence everyday decisions to consider, try, adopt and/or reject, and ultimately internalize and sustain a given behavior.
SPRING/Bangladesh, working in Bangladesh since 2012, has been using a multichannel integrated approach to tackling malnutrition along the nation’s coastal belt using both nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions.
These are images from SPRING/Bangladesh's formal closing workshop on March 21, 2017, in Dhaka.
This closing workshop was an opportunity to take stock of SPRING/Bangladesh's accomplishments and lessons learned and to disseminate findings from the project's research. The honorable Line Director of the National Nutrition Services and Director of the Institute of Public Health Nutrition, Dr. A.B.M. Muzharul Islam; the honorable Line Director of Community Based Health Care, Dr. Md. Yousuf; the Acting Director of USAID's Office of Population, Health, Nutrition and Education, Ms.
This short video is a brief overview of the work that SPRING has been doing in Bangladesh since the project began in 2012.
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Sefali Begum learned about vermicomposting through FNS and was able to grow vegetables in her home garden.
Officer Faridual Islam learned about the FNS practice of using tippy taps while on patrol near a FNS.
SPRING/Bangladesh developed the Farmer Nutrition School Session Guide to help community members and community groups to improve their technical understanding of vegetable, poultry, and fish farming, with the ultimate goal of increasing adoption of nutrition and hygiene practices for improved health.
SPRING’s work in Bangladesh (2012-2017) aimed to improve the nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women and children under two. By working through multiple channels, SPRING mobilized communities to adopt the essential nutrition actions and essential hygiene actions and consume nutritious and diverse diets throughout the year.
In Bangladesh, women are relatively less empowered in comparison to the male members in the household—in most cases, they are not in a position to take part in the household decision making process.Literature suggests that women, more specifically rural women, are less empowered as they are considered to have less potential to contribute to household income.