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Uganda

Capital city
Kampala
Latitude
0.32
Longitude
32.57
Geo
POINT (32.57 0.32)
Country Boundaries
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USAID Nutrition Profile
USAID Nutrition Profile

Building on Uganda's Progress in Reducing Anemia

Background

Anemia, or low levels of hemoglobin, is one of the most common public health problems in the world today. It affects 25 percent of the world’s population, more than 1.6 billion people (Benoist et al. 2008). About half of all anemia is due to iron deficiency, a condition caused by inadequate intake or low absorption of iron. Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) alone contributes to more than 100,000 maternal deaths and almost 600,000 perinatal deaths each year (Stoltzfus et al. 2004).

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.

SPRING/Uganda, the Government of Uganda, UNICEF, and WFP Launch the Vitamin and Mineral Powder Program

Recently, Dr. Jane Aceng, the Director General Health Services, launched the home fortification program in Uganda at the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala. The new program follows the National Infant and Young Child Feeding Guidelines by addressing micronutrient deficiencies, including anemia. The program is jointly funded by SPRING, UNICEF, and WFP in collaboration with the Ugandan Ministry of Health and will initially be rolled out in eight districts.

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

Nurse taking MUAC measurements
Nurse taking MUAC measurements. Photo credit: Majid Okot, SPRING/Uganda

The 2014 monitoring of the integration of Nutrition Assessment Counselling and Support (NACS) into routine health care in South West (SW) Uganda and Namutumba district in East Central (EC) Uganda was designed as a follow-up to the 2012 and 2013 NACS assessments.

The Government of Uganda Launches the National Advocacy and Communication Strategy

The Prime Minister of Uganda, Rt. Hon. Ruhakana Rugunda, launched Uganda’s Nutrition Advocacy and Communication (NA&C) Strategy during the 6th edition of the Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security held at Munyonyo Resort Hotel in Kampala. The NA&C Strategy aims at using communication to support the pro-nutrition activities and household practices contained in the Uganda Nutrition Action Plan (UNAP), 2011-2016, to reduce chronic undernutrition as measured by rates of young child stunting and other nutritional deficiencies, especially anemia.

Contributing to a National Advocacy and Communication Strategy in Uganda

In Uganda, we worked with the Ugandan government, UN agencies, and USAID implementing partners to develop the National Advocacy and Communication Strategy in support of the Uganda Nutrition Action Plan, under the auspices of the UNAP Secretariat in the Office of the Prime Minister. Because this is a national strategy, different partners have taken responsibility for implementing different parts of the strategy based on their relative capacities.