Multi-sectoral Anemia Platforms Strengthening (MAPS)
SPRING is focused on strengthening multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholder, and integrated anemia platforms.
Multi-sector
Accelerated Reduction Effort on Anaemia (AREA) Community of Practice
One of the Global Nutrition Targets from the World Health Assembly (WHA) is to halve the number of women of reproductive age affected by anemia by 2025. To this end, SPRING and the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition and the World Health Organization initiated the Accelerated Reduction Effort on Anaemia (AREA) Community of Practice (CoP), an online forum for a diverse coalition of global stakeholders who share a common objective – to expedite the reduction of anemia.
From Policy to Practice: Learning from the Multi-sectoral Uganda Nutrition Action Plan Implementation in Kisoro District
Authors: Nancy Adero, Program Officer, Micronutrients and Anemia, SPRING
Co-Authors: Amanda Pomeroy-Stevens, Lidan Du, Alexis D’Agostino, Daniel Lukwago, Hannah Foehringer Merchant, Abel Muzoora, Sascha Lamstein, Ezekiel Mupere, Manohar Shenoy, SPRING
Introduction: “National governments must prioritize nutrition and demonstrate their commitment with policies, human and financial resources, and legal frameworks.” —USAID Nutrition Strategy4
Desk Review of Programs Integrating Family Planning with Food Security and Nutrition
FANTA Project, May 2015
African Countries Urged to Eradicate Malnutrition
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, July 2015
Annex: SPRING Pathways to Better Nutrition Qualitative Methods - Nepal
SPRING has adapted guidance from several sources to develop a methodology for extracting nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive funding data from donor and government budget documents. This document is an annex to the Pathways to Better Nutrition (PBN) Case Study Series that outlines SPRING’s methodology and includes limitations of the data presented, as well as references for further information.
Annex: SPRING Pathways to Better Nutrition Budget Methods - Nepal
SPRING has adapted guidance from several sources to develop a methodology for extracting nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive funding data from donor and government budget documents. This document is an annex to the Pathways to Better Nutrition (PBN) Case Study Series that outlines SPRING’s methodology and includes limitations of the data presented, as well as references for further information.
Annex: SPRING Pathways to Better Nutrition Budget Methods - Uganda
SPRING has adapted guidance from several sources to develop a methodology for extracting nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive funding data from donor and government budget documents. This document is an annex to the Pathways to Better Nutrition (PBN) Case Study Series that outlines SPRING’s methodology and includes limitations of the data presented, as well as references for further information.
Context Matters: SPRING Interactive Agriculture and Nutrition Context Assessment Guide for Improved Multisectoral Design
SPRING, June 2015
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.