Women are at the heart of our work to improve nutrition. In this collection of photos, SPRING staff from around the world are celebrating International Women's Day 2016 (IWD 2016) and pledging to take action as champions of gender parity.
In 2011, the Government of Uganda (GOU) committed itself to the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) principles, which resulted in the development of the Uganda Nutrition Action Plan (UNAP), 2011‐2016.
Nutrition-related social and behavior change communication (SBCC) can help improve the nutritional status of children during the first 1,000 days. In Southwest (SW) Uganda, the USAID-funded SPRING project designed and implemented a SBCC campaign called Great Mothers, Healthy Children.
Uganda’s Office of the Prime Minister worked closely with the Ministry of Health (MOH), IBFAN Uganda, and other partners to host the 9th IFBAN Africa Regional Conference, which attracted approximately 283 participants from 14 African countries.
With a theme of “Translating the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding into Optimal Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition in Africa,” the conference focused on:
During three dissemination events in Uganda, SPRING, USAID’s global nutrition project, presented findings from its Pathways to Better Nutrition (PBN) Study. This study, which took place from 2013 to 2015, provides a time-series view of changes in planning processes and funding mechanisms for nutrition.
Food and Nutrition Bulletin (December 2015)
SPRING has adapted guidance from several sources to develop a methodology for extracting nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive funding data from donor and government budget documents. This document is an annex to the Pathways to Better Nutrition (PBN) Case Study Series that outlines SPRING’s methodology and includes limitations of the data presented, as well as references for further information.
At the close of the Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) project’s fourth year of implementation, the project continued to reach a growing number of people with nutrition interventions in SPRING’s seven country programs. In addition, we further influenced the global health and development communities through thought leadership around multi-sectoral nutrition programing, drawing on both the knowledge of our experts from across sectors and our on-the-ground implementation experience.
As the SPRING office reached its fourth full year of implementation in Uganda, the project prepared to shift focus from the district to the national level, working in a coordinated way across sectors to accelerate industrial food fortification and reduce anemia. We also continued to integrate nutrition assessment, counselling, and support into heath facilities; enhance community outreach; and improve referral and follow-up mechanisms in health facilities.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015