For the last two years, SPRING/Uganda chaired the inspection and enforcement working group of the East Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC). To ensure the sustainability of the working group, SPRING transitioned this role to the Uganda National Bureau of Standards, which has been one of SPRING’s key partners in ensuring adherence to fortification regulations and standards.
The Health Tutors’ College of Mulago (HTCM) developed and integrated a module on anemia prevention and control interventions into their three-year Bachelor of Medical Education degree program, with SPRING/Uganda’s support. Starting in the 2018/2019 academic year, the new curriculum will equip health tutors (teachers in health training institutions) with essential competencies on anemia and the capacity to transfer these competencies to their trainees.
Mapping the maize millers was a nationwide exercise.
Pomeroy-Stevens, Amanda, Alexis D’Agostino, Madhukar B. Shrestha, and Abel Muzoora. "A Multisector Approach to Monitoring Planned and Actual Nutrition Spending." Field Exchange, no. 55 (July 2017): 49-52. August 18, 2017. Accessed August 21, 2017. http://www.ennonline.net/fex/55.
USAID’s SPRING project has developed an approach that countries can use to bridge the gap between primary data collection and developing more routine systems. In this article, challenges faced in two countries are discussed, as well as adjustments made to overcome these challenges and how this information can strengthen efforts to create routine monitoring systems.
From July 7-11, 2017, over 1,500 health economists and public health practitioners gathered in Boston to discuss new ideas for the economics of global health systems. Topics discussed included latest methods and debates on cost effectiveness analysis, healthcare financing, economic evaluation, and implications for health policy.
This video features Katoto, a popular animated character on Ugandan social media and television, and is being shown to raise the public’s awareness of fortified foods. It's the latest in SPRING/Uganda's numerous fortification-related activities in Uganda.