SPRING/Uganda and Feed the Future’s Commodity Production and Marketing (CPM) activity trained representatives from 22 large- and medium-scale maize millers in the country on good manufacturing practices (GMPs) and how to fortify their maize flour.
At the request of the Government of Uganda, SPRING has been supporting a country-driven process to address anemia and to strengthen multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder anemia programming. SPRING started by conducting a landscape analysis to better understand the factors contributing to anemia.
SPRING/Uganda partnered with another USAID-funded project, Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in Southwest (RHITES/SW), to strengthen efforts to reduce stunting and anemia in the southwestern region of Uganda.
Pomeroy-Stevens, Amanda, Heather Viland, and Sascha Lamstein. "Recommendations for Multi-Sector Nutrition Planning: Cross-Context Lessons from Nepal and Uganda." Field Exchange, no. 54 (February 2017): 90-94. March 2017. Accessed August 21, 2017. http://www.ennonline.net/fex/54/multisectornutritionplanningnepalanduganda
SPRING Pathways to Better Nutrition (PBN) case studies documented successes and challenges in implementing NNAPs in Nepal and Uganda at national and sub-national level. A longitudinal, mixed-methods approach was applied across multiple levels of governance, gathering qualitative and budgetary data over two years.
Micronutrient powder (MNP) distribution is a promising intervention for reducing anemia in young children, but successful implementation requires a better understanding of effective programming. In Uganda, the Ministry of Health is interested in providing MNP to children 6-23 months. To support this effort, SPRING piloted distribution in Namutumba district and conducted mid- and endline assessments to provide country-specific evidence on coverage, adherence, and cost-effectiveness of two delivery mechanisms.
Uganda’s Office of the Prime Minister, with support from SPRING/Uganda, conducted a three-month campaign called Nutrition Now to achieve the objectives of the National Advocacy and Communication Strategy—in short, encouraging good nutrition practices to promote better health.
Anemia is a major public health challenge in Uganda. According to the most recent Uganda Demographic and Health Survey of 2011, 49 percent of children under five years and 23 percent of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) are anemic.
In partnership with the Private Sector Foundation of Uganda (PSFU), SPRING/Uganda supported representatives from the National Working Group on Food Fortification as well as small- and medium-scale maize millers to travel to Tanzania for a learning exchange visit to the Sanku project site in Morogoro Region from July 31 to August 6, 2016.
In partnership with the Private Sector Foundation of Uganda (PSFU), SPRING/Uganda supported representatives from the National Working Group on Food Fortification as well as small- and medium-scale maize millers to travel to Tanzania for a learning exchange visit to the Sanku project site in Morogoro Region from July 31 to August 6, 2016.
In Uganda, before fortified foods are approved to enter the market, the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) tests them for quality. As more manufacturers get interested in food fortification, the number of fortified samples to test also increases. Until December 7, 2016, only UNBS was authorized to provide testing facilities and product certification, leaving the bureau overwhelmed and creating a backlog of products needing approval before entering the market.