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Preventing Anemia

SPRING is supporting USAID’s efforts to reduce anemia at local, national, and global levels. Affecting approximately two billion people worldwide, anemia is an urgent public health problem caused by a complex interaction between malnutrition, infectious diseases, genetics, and other factors.

SPRING’s anemia prevention and control activities involve using data and the latest evidence to characterize and address the causes of anemia in different settings and populations. SPRING aims to build coordinated and sustained country ownership of anemia efforts, leading to a global reduction of anemia and a positive impact on health and economic well-being.

News

Namutumba MNP launch participants
March 2016
Uganda, like many other developing countries, suffers from a significant burden of iron, vitamin A, and zinc deficiencies. Additionally, iron deficiency anaemia affects almost 50 percent of children between 6 – 23 months of age and 30 percent of wome...
Several women walking down the road with their backs to the camera
February 2016
Sight and Life, a humanitarian nutrition think tank with the mission of eradicating malnutrition in women of reproductive age and in their children, and improving the lives of the world’s most vulnerable populations, recently published a blog co-writ...
Sierra Leone Launches Multi-sectoral Anemia Working Group
April 2016
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, ...