SPRING/Uganda Celebrates World Breastfeeding Week 2015
The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) called for global action to support women to join breastfeeding and work.
Breastfeeding
Factors Affecting the Family Diet
Photo credit: Juiann McNulty, SPRING Consultant
According to the 2012 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), 18 percent of children in the Kyrgyz Republic under the age of five are stunted, while 43 percent of children ages six to 59 months and 35 percent of women of reproductive age are anemic.
Technical Meeting on the Diet and Eating Practices of Adolescent Girls and Women of Reproductive Age
On March 16-17, 2015, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), SPRING, and the USAID-funded Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance III Project (FANTA), co-hosted a technical meeting of more than 40 global leaders in the field of adolescent and women’s nutrition as a first step toward developing such recommendations.
DMI: Using Mass Media to Improve Child Survival in Burkina Faso
Development Media International (DMI) implemented a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) in Burkina Faso to measure the impact of mass media on child mortality.
"Great Mothers, Healthy Children” Campaign Helps a Community Improve Nutrition
At 57 years old, Bibiana is a seasoned Village Health Team member (VHT). She has served her community for over 30 years. She is a reputable “village doctor” and the first person whose opinion new mothers seek on how to look after their newborn babies.
World Breastfeeding Week Celebrations in Nigeria (2014)
SPRING/Nigeria celebrated World Breastfeeding Week in Abuja, traveling to various markets around the city and distributing English and Hausa flyers on infant and young child feeding to sensitize the public on the importance of breastfeeding.
Evidence of Effective SBCC Approaches to Improve Women’s Dietary Practices during Pregnancy and Lactation
This page is Section 3.1 of Evidence of Effective Approaches to Social and Behavior Change Communication for Preventing and Reducing Stunting and Anemia, available for download (above).
Evidence of Effective SBCC Approaches to Promote Breastfeeding Practices
This page is Section 3.2 of Evidence of Effective Approaches to Social and Behavior Change Communication for Preventing and Reducing Stunting and Anemia, available for download (above).
Evidence of Effective SBCC Approaches to Improve Complementary Feeding Practices
This page is Section 3.3 of Evidence of Effective Approaches to Social and Behavior Change Communication for Preventing and Reducing Stunting and Anemia, available for download (above).
Evidence of Effective Approaches to Social and Behavior Change Communication for Preventing and Reducing Stunting and Anemia
Evidence suggests that simply increasing knowledge and awareness of good nutrition practices rarely leads to sustained behavior change. In addition, sustained change in nutrition behavior is unlikely to be achieved through a single activity.