SPRING/Ghana developed a series of videos to facilitate counseling for infant and young child feeding. In this video, a woman demonstrates how to comfortably position a nursing infant using underarm and cradle holds.
In June 2016, SPRING and Digital Green conducted community video concept testing in two regions in Niger. Facilitators used image cards to collect feedback on scenarios for nutrition and hygiene-focused videos from a total of 14 women and 12 men in Droum Kafé and El Kolta villages. The facilitators solicited feedback that reflected the participants’ understanding of the promoted behaviors, their perception of feasibility in their communities, and their suggestions for adjustments to the story lines.
In June 2016, SPRING and Digital Green began conducting concept testing in two regions in Niger in preparation for developing a series of community videos. Concept testing is a means of involving audiences in production and ensuring videos are adapted to the local context. This, in turn, increases the likelihood of community uptake of the promoted behaviors.
US Ambassador Sheila Gwaltney visited SPRING/Kyrgyzstan program working to improve nutrition outcomes among women and children in Naryn Oblast.
US Ambassador Sheila Gwaltney visited the USAID-funded SPRING project in the Naryn Oblast of Kyrgyz Republic on June 8th and 9th.
On June 8th, Ambassador Gwaltney toured a SPRING-supported district hospital that provides maternal and child nutrition services to 68 thousand people, and met with new mothers receiving important counseling regarding the nutrition of their babies.
In May and July 2014, follow-up surveys to the 2013 SPRING household baseline survey were separately conducted in each region after a period of one year among the intervention (Kisoro and Ntungamo) and control districts (Buhweju and Rubirizi) of south western (SW) Uganda, and among the interventi
This gallery gives an overview of SPRING/Nigeria’s current work over three years of implementation, including trainings, sensitization meetings, counseling sessions, and more. These images show just some of the people we have reached and the interventions we have worked on over the last three years. But we are not done yet! SPRING/Nigeria aims to reduce maternal and child undernutrition and improve HIV-free survival of infants and young children.
Au cours de la dernière décennie, l’intégration de la nutrition dans les systèmes de santé a été de plus en plus reconnue comme un impératif pour la prévention et le traitement de la malnutrition, en particulier pour les femmes enceintes et allaitantes, les nourrissons et jeunes enfants et les personnes vivant avec des maladies comme le VIH (PVVIH) et la tuberculose.