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Anemia

A 2-Year Integrated Agriculture and Nutrition Health Behavior Change Communication Program Targeted to Women in Burkina Faso Reduces Anemia, Wasting and Diarrhea in Children 3-12.9 Months of Age at Baseline: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Olney, D.K, Pedehombga, A., Ruel, M.T., & Dillon, A. The Journal of Nutrition (June 2015) Vol. 145, No.6, pp. 1317-1324.

Iron-Folic Acid Distribution and Consumption Through Antenatal Care: Identifying Barriers Across Countries

Celeste Sununtnasuk, Alexis D’Agostino and John L Fiedler. Iron+folic acid distribution and consumption through antenatal care: identifying barriers across countries. Public Health Nutrition, available on CJO2015. doi:10.1017/S1368980015001652. 

For this study, SPRING examined the distribution and consumption of iron-folic acid (IFA) tablets within antenatal care (ANC) programs in twenty-two countries with high burdens of undernutrition. Using design data from Demographic and Health Surveys, the study seeks to identify where pregnant women falter in obtaining and consuming an ideal minimum of 180 IFA tablets.

Point-of-Use Fortification in Uganda

SPRING is supporting the rollout of a micronutrient power (MNP) program among children 6-23 months in one pilot district of Uganda. The program, called the Vitamin and Mineral Powder program, promotes "point-of-use" fortification (also known as home fortification in Uganda). Point-of-use fortification with MNPs has shown to be effective in reducing the prevalence of iron deficiency and anemia among children. The success of the program depends on the acceptability of and adherence by caregivers to the product and in the integration into complementary feeding behaviors.

The Kyrgyz Republic Formulates New Evidence-Based Guidance on Anemia Prevention and Control

The Kyrgyz Republic has recognized that anemia rates in the country are too high, and is committed to improving anemia especially among pregnant and lactating women and children under two years of age. To support this endeavor, a meeting of the Clinical Guidelines Development Working Group was held on March 25-26 to finalize a national protocol for the screening, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of iron-deficiency anemia in the Kyrgyz Republic. The intended audience for the protocol is primary care physicians, health managers, and patients.