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.
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.
On November 5th and 6th, SPRING/Uganda exhibited at the Baby and Kids Expo – East Africa. Many parents and expectant mothers flocked to SPRING’s booth to learn about the benefits of consuming fortified foods. Fortification involves boosting certain foods’ nutritional value through the addition of micronutrients like vitamin A, zinc, and iodine.
HarvestPlus, August 2016
HarvestPlus, September 2016
Chronicle, August 2016
The Journal of Nutrition, June 2016
The Journal of Nutrition, June 2016