Implementing USAID’s Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy: A Platform for Promoting Coordination and Collaboration Among Partners and Across Sectors
SPRING, May 2016
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Implementing USAID’s Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy
Join us on May 26th to learn about different Mission-level approaches to promoting multi-sectoral coordination and collaboration to support nutrition outcomes and what we’ve learned throughout the process.
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.
Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy Global Learning and Evidence Exchange, East Africa - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
In March 2016, USAID's Bureau for Food Security and Bureau for Global Health, along with the FANTA III project, hosted the East and Southern Africa MSN-GLEE (Multi-sectoral Nutrition Strategy Global Learning & Evidence Exchange) conference in Dar es Salam, Tanzania. Staff from the USAID Bureau for Food Security, Bureau for Global Health, USAID Missions in East and Southern Africa, implementing partners, and host country governments shared their experiences and research, enabling widespread engagement across the countries and improving understanding of emerging concepts.
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.
SPRING/Senegal Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Workshop
A primary aspect of SPRING’s work in Senegal focuses on making agricultural interventions more nutrition-sensitive. Over the course of the first workshop, SPRING/Senegal staff completed a seasonal calendar, identified nutrition-sensitive agriculture practices, and prioritized nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions among partner programs. This first workshop laid the foundation for the second workshop, which was conducted with local implementing partners, Caritas and FEPROMAS.