Anemia
Expert Reviewers Offer Support for SPRING’s Guidance for Conducting an Anemia Landscape Analysis
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.
SPRING/Ghana Trains Regional- and District-level Trainers on the District Assessment Tool for Anemia (DATA)
SPRING/Ghana conducted a training of trainers (ToT) workshop for district-level trainers from seven districts—East Gonja, Tolon, Central Gonja, Tatale, Mion, Bawku West, and Kumbungu— in Ghana’s Northern Region to implement the District Assessment Tool for Anemia (DATA). The DATA is a tool to assess the anemia situation and strengthen programming at the district level.
New Clinical Protocol Adopted in Kyrgyz Republic Marks a New Direction in Helminth Control
SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic provided support and technical assistance to the national deworming working group to update the national clinical protocol on deworming and to update strategies and communications materials for future deworming campaigns and helminth infection prevention initiatives.
Kyrgyz Republic National Anemia Technical Guideline and Protocol
The national anemia technical guidelines describe in detail the prevention and treatment of anemia in people throughout the life cycle; specifically children, adults, pregnant women, and the elderly. This guideline was developed by a national anemia working group, comprised of Ministry of Health representatives, medical specialists, and academics, with international technical assistance from SPRING.
Two-Year Anemia Calendar - Kyrgyz Republic
SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic has designed a two-year calendar that promotes nutrition and emphasizes anemia prevention. The calendar highlights the importance of a diverse diet and consuming iron-rich foods that are locally available, such as meat, beans, nuts, and vegetables.
Nigeria: Final Country Report 2012-2016
Saidi Abdullai and her 10-month old baby, Basharia. Saidi is a member of the Rahama mother-to-mother support group in Ningi village in Bauchi, Nigeria. Credit: Barry Chovitz, SPRING.
Nigeria ranks 152 of 188 countries in the 2015 Human Development Index and is identified as the country with the third-highest absolute number of children who are stunted in the world.
National and District Tools to Guide Anemia Programming
Data-driven decision-making in anemia involves inputs from various sectors and stakeholder groups in nutrition, disease control, health, water and sanitation, education, agriculture, gender and social welfare, and statistics. These groups tend to operate in their sectoral silos, with few opportunities to integrate information and data sources from other sectors to advise their policy and program decisions. This holds true at the national and also at the district level.
Adolescent and Women’s Nutrition and Anemia Facilitator Guide
Photo credit: SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic
This module is intended to prepare facilitators/trainers with technical knowledge and skills to train doctors and nurses about adolescent and women’s nutrition and anemia throughout the life cycle.
"Strengthening Linkages Between Agriculture and Nutrition" Event in the Kyrgyz Republic
SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic hosted an event on Friday, February 10, 2017, entitled “Strengthening Linkages between Agriculture and Nutrition.” SPRING presented on nutrition-sensitive agriculture, an approach wherein agriculture initiatives and projects both target and yield nutritional outcomes in addition to traditional agriculture results.