SPRING, a six-year project (2012 to 2017), is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Development, 2017.
SPRING/Uganda supported the Ministry of Health to roll out a micronutrient powders (MNP) pilot project in Namutumba District. Namutumba is one of eight districts that are characterized with high incidence of micronutrient deficiencies.
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.
PLoS One, 2016.
GAIN, November 2016.
World Health Organization, October 2016.
International Atomic Energy Agency, January 2017.
To effectively address anemia, countries must develop a context-specific understanding of their anemia situation. SPRING developed “Understanding Anemia: Guidance for Conducting a Landscape Analysis” to provide step-by-step support for gathering and interpreting data on factors that contribute to anemia and existing strategies for anemia prevention and control.
Global Food Security, 2017.