Micronutrient Interventions

SPRING has been working to synthesize the evidence around implementation, and to conduct our own implementation research to improve micronutrient powder (MNP) delivery. We are studying the various channels that can be used to distribute MNP in health facilities and the community, and supporting industrial fortification efforts in Uganda. SPRING also hosts a variety of resources on micronutrients and child blindness from USAID’s flagship A2Z project that ended in 2011.

Activities

Activities | April 2015

Point-of-Use Fortification in Uganda

Activities | July 2014

National Industrial Fortification in Uganda

News

SPRING Spearheads a Pilot to Compare Distribution Approaches to Enable Use of Micronutrient Powders

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...

SPRING/Uganda Partners with Feed the Future’s Commodity Production and Marketing Activity

April 2017

SPRING/Uganda and Feed the Future’s Commodity Production and Marketing (CPM) activity trained representatives from 22 large- and medium-scale maize millers in the country on good manufacturing practices (GMPs) and how to fortify their maize flour.Dur...

SPRING Supports Uganda National Bureau of Standards to Approve Five Labs for Fortification Testing

December 2016

In Uganda, before fortified foods are approved to enter the market, the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) tests them for quality. As more manufacturers get interested in food fortification, the number of fortified samples to test also increa...