Rationale for Smaller Packaging
Levi Jean Kabatabarukye, the Quality Control Manager at BIDCO, shares the company's rationale for selling fortified oil in small sachets.
Anemia
Working with SPRING on Industrial Fortification
Levi Jean Kabatabarukye, the Quality Control Manager at BIDCO, describes the USAID-funded SPRING project's efforts to support industrial fortification in Uganda.
Coordinating Nutrition Action in Asia
Experts from across several sectors are meeting this week in Bangkok at the Asia regional Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy Global Learning & Evidence Exchange (MSN-GLEE) hosted by SPRING in partnership with USAID. This diverse group of USAID Mission staff, implementing partners, and academics will discuss multi-sectoral approaches to address malnutrition and plan for global action. The attendees represent programs in social and behavior change communications (SBCC), humanitarian response, agriculture, women’s empowerment, health, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH).
In Uganda, Fortified Oil Means Better Nutrition for All
Sign on the gate of the BIDCO factory.
SPRING Presents at Ghana’s Micronutrient Task Team Meeting
SPRING attended the Micronutrient Task Team (MTT) Meeting in Accra, Ghana on February 17, 2016. The MTT is a multi-stakeholder group spearheaded by the Nutrition Department of the Family Health Division of the Ghana Health Service (GHS). Micronutrients Technical Advisor Denish Moorthy presented the findings from the report on the Landscape Analysis on Anemia and Anemia Programming in Ghana, which was developed by SPRING with support from the GHS. Consultant Dr.
SPRING Holds HemoCue® Training of Trainers Workshop in Tamale, Ghana
The regions in the north of Ghana have a high prevalence of anemia among children under five, and pregnant and non-pregnant women of reproductive age. Recognizing the limited anemia screening capacity at Ghana Health Service (GHS) facilities, USAID, through the SPRING and RING projects, distributed HemoCue® devices to these facilities in the Northern, Upper East, and Upper West Regions of the country. HemoCue® devices are used to measure hemoglobin levels in the blood for the purpose of screening for anemia.
Social and Behavior Change Communication Materials Encouraging Micronutrient Powder Use in Uganda
When caregivers add micronutrient powders (MNPs) to young children’s food, they are helping to reduce malnutrition and anemia in their communities.
A Landscape Analysis of Anemia and Anemia Programming in Sierra Leone
Photo credit: Sorrel Namaste, SPRING
Executive Summary
Background and Methods
The Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS) and Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Secretariat requested that the SPRING project provide technical support in conducting a landscape analysis to describe the anemia situation in Sierra Leone.
SPRING Participates in East Africa MSN-GLEE
SPRING attended the East Africa Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (MSN-GLEE) in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania from March 8-10, 2016. The East Africa MSN-GLEE is one of four planned MSN-GLEEs through which USAID is rolling out and implementing their 2014–2025 Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy, with support from SPRING and FANTA.
Sierra Leone Launches Multi-sectoral Anemia Working Group
The inaugural meeting of Sierra Leone’s national anemia working group (NAWG) on February 4, 2016 included government representatives, local and international NGOs, UN partners, and donor staff. This multi-sectoral platform will identify, prioritize, and integrate anemia interventions into national policy and programs. The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) and Helen Keller International (HKI), SPRING’s local representative, organized the event.