Comprehensive Costing in Micronutrient Supplementation
A community health worker shows a mother the MNP adherence calendar, Namutumba, Uganda.
Fortification
The Potential to Improve Nutrition through the Use of Fortified Maize Flour in Schools in Uganda
Executive Summary
Background
Malnutrition among adolescents can adversely affect health and productivity in adult life; among school-going children, micronutrient deficiencies such as iron-deficiency anemia can reduce overall learning ability and concentration.
Scaling up Biofortified Crops: Which Ones, Where, and When?
HarvestPlus, January, 2018.
Transformation of Global Agri-Food Systems: Trends, Driving Forces, and Implications for Developing Countries
University of Goettingen, 2018.
Adherence to Home Fortification with Micronutrient Powders in Kenyan Pre-School Children: Self-Reporting and Sachet Counts Compared to an Electronic Monitoring Device
BMC Public Health, 2018.
Components of Successful Staple Food Fortification Programs: Lessons Learned from Latin America
Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 2017.
SPRING's Contribution to Industrial Food Fortification in Uganda
Abdul Nuldin Katongole and Jolly Ruyonga, traders who work with maize millers, read a factsheet on food fortification.
From 2012 to 2017, SPRING consolidated gains from consecutive successful USAID projects and made fortification the primary platform for delivering micronutrient
SPRING/Uganda Celebrates Five Years of Nutrition Work
Nearly 100 people attended SPRING/Uganda’s close out and legacy event to celebrate the project’s five-year journey to achieve results in nutrition. Participants included representatives from the USAID/Uganda Mission, officials from different ministries of the government of Uganda, development partners, and stakeholders from both the public and private sectors.
The Vitamin and Mineral Powders Journey in Namutumba District, Uganda
SPRING/Uganda applies a multi-sectoral approach to reduce stunting and anemia. In Namutumba District (which includes the Busoga region, where 60 percent of children suffer from malnutrition), SPRING helped the Ugandan Ministry of Health pilot the rollout of micronutrient powders (MNP), known locally as "vitamin and mineral powders."