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Our publications curate evidence, best practices, and policies to help improve nutrition through health, agriculture, and economic development programs.

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Reports | September 2018

Endline Nutrition Survey in the Kyrgyz Republic

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Reports | September 2018

Kyrgyz Republic: Final Country Report

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Success Stories | September 2018

Supportive Families Enable Healthy Mothers and Thriving Babies

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Success Stories | September 2018

Defeating Anemia: A Grandmother Takes Charge in Her Home and Community

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Reports | August 2018

Tools for Anemia Programming: An Immersion Workshop

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Reports | August 2018

Guinea Final Country Report

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Reports | August 2018

Sierra Leone Final Country Report

Cover photo: A mother and father with their child, sitting outside on a bench consulting with a health worker. Photo: Abdoul Khalighi Diallo for SPRING.
Reports | July 2018

Guinea: Formative Assessment of Household Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition and Hygiene Practices

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Briefs | July 2018

Comprehensive Costing in Micronutrient Supplementation

Cover photo: four teenage girls in their school uniforms, dancing and jumping as they pose for the camera.
Reports | June 2018

The Potential to Improve Nutrition through the Use of Fortified Maize Flour in Schools in Uganda

Cover photo: a young mother holding her smiling child in a clinic
Reports | June 2018

Uganda Final Country Report

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Posters | June 2018

District Assessment Tool for Anemia (DATA)

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Reports | April 2018

The State of Maize Flour Fortification in Uganda

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Reports | April 2018

Ghana: Final Country Report

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Reports | February 2018

Piloting and Implementing the District Assessment Tool for Anemia in Uganda

Photo of a woman giving a presentation in front of a group of people in a conference room. Caption: "Sarah Ngalombi, Senior Nutritionist with the Ministry of Health, speaks before the National Anemia Working Group."
Reports | February 2018

Multi-Sectoral Anemia Efforts at the National Level in Uganda

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Posters | February 2018

Eat Fine Fish for Welbodi - Sierra Leone

Page 1 [figure] Coat of arms for Sierra Leone [photos, in center and in upper right] Two different kinds of pumpkin [title] Best Agronomic Practices for Pumpkin [logos] USAID logo: "USAID: United States Agency [for] International Development. USAID. From the American People" SPRING logo: “SPRING. Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally”
Job Aids and Tools | January 2018

Counseling Cards: Best Agronomic Practices for Pumpkin - Sierra Leone

Photo of about 50-60 women and men standing, facing the camers, on a wide stairway. Caption: "Sierra Leone National Strategy to Prevent and Control Anemia Validation Meeting"
Reports | January 2018

Multi-Sectoral Anemia Efforts at the National Level in Sierra Leone

Two Nepali women sit cross-legged on a bench outside what looks like a clinic. One woman holds a roughly 6 month old baby in her lap.
Briefs | January 2018

The District Assessment Tool for Anemia (DATA) in Nepal

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Journal Articles | December 2017

Experiences and Lessons Learned for Planning and Supply Of Micronutrient Powders Interventions

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Journal Articles | December 2017

Experiences and Lessons Learned for Delivery of Micronutrient Powders Interventions

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Journal Articles | December 2017

Experiences and Lessons Learned for Programme Improvement Of Micronutrient Powders Interventions

Abdul Nuldin Katongole and Jolly Ruyonga, traders who work with maize millers, read a factsheet on food fortification.
Briefs | December 2017

SPRING's Contribution to Industrial Food Fortification in Uganda

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Briefs | November 2017

Strengthening Nutrition within the Kyrgyz Republic Health System

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Job Aids and Tools | November 2017

Summary Table of WHO Guidance on Preventive Population-based Strategies to Control Anaemia Using Iron Supplementation

Photo of a mother, carrying her child on her back, reading a poster inside a store. Caption: "A mother looks at 'Benefits of fortified foods' poster in Kampala."
Briefs | October 2017

Reducing Anemia in Uganda: The SPRING Approach and Lessons Learned

A very happy baby in a woman's arms smiles at the camera
Briefs | October 2017

Six Key Actions to Reduce Anemia

Training in the use of the HemoCue device to measure anemia
Briefs | September 2017

Reducing Anemia in Ghana: The SPRING Approach and Lessons Learned

Maize mill employee Haruna Ssemakula carries a sack of maize flour to a waiting truck.
Reports | August 2017

Uganda: Mapping of Maize Millers

Whitney, 2, with his grandmother Zewelensi, 60. Whitney was malnourished, but after three months of eating foods mixed with MNP, his health improved.
Success Stories | July 2017

The Power of Powders in Uganda

Photo of a young boy getting his finger pricked to check for anemia
Briefs | July 2017

Changing the Way We Think About Micronutrient Assessment and Anemia Programming

A health worker calmly uses a Hemocue device on a patient. The patient covers her face with her hand and has a pained look on what we can see of her face. Two friends of hers look on with similar uncomfortable looks.
Training Materials | June 2017

Facilitator’s Guide to Training Health Workers in Ghana to Measure Haemoglobin and Assess Anaemia with the HemoCue® Hb 301 Device

A health worker takes arm circumference and weight measurements on a 2-3 year old child being held by his mother. The child is making a distressed face.
Briefs | May 2017

Endline Survey Results of Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support (NACS) Services in Health Facilities Supported by SPRING/Uganda

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Job Aids and Tools | March 2017

Kyrgyz Republic National Anemia Technical Guideline and Protocol

Two-year anemia calendar
Job Aids and Tools | March 2017

Two-Year Anemia Calendar - Kyrgyz Republic

IFA reminder card
Job Aids and Tools | March 2017

Iron-Folic Acid Commitment Card - Kyrgyz Republic

A doctor counsels a woman holding a baby on proper nutrition
Job Aids and Tools | March 2017

Adolescent and Women’s Nutrition and Anemia Facilitator Guide

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Reports | November 2016

A Qualitative Review of Micronutrient Powder Distribution in Namutumba District, Uganda

Comparing Nutrition-Specific and -Sensitive Intervention Impacts on Anemia and Hemoglobin Concentrations
Posters | November 2016

Comparing Nutrition-Specific and -Sensitive Intervention Impacts on Anemia and Hemoglobin Concentrations

Experiences and Learning from the 'Micronutrient Powders Consultation: Lessons Learned for Operational Guidance'
Posters | November 2016

Experiences and Learning from the 'Micronutrient Powders Consultation: Lessons Learned for Operational Guidance'

Challenges with Identifying Rapid Methods that are Accurate and Cost Effective for Food Fortification Monitoring and Inspections
Posters | November 2016

Challenges with Identifying Rapid Methods that are Accurate and Cost Effective for Food Fortification Monitoring and Inspections

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Posters | November 2016

Piloting Through Partnership: Micronutrient Powders In Uganda

Using SBCC to Lower Barriers to Appropriate Use of Micronutrient Powders in Uganda
Posters | November 2016

Using SBCC to Lower Barriers to Appropriate Use of Micronutrient Powders in Uganda

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Posters | November 2016

Looking at Micronutrient Powder Distribution Qualitatively

Icons representing sectors involved in multi-sectoral anemia programming
Series | September 2016

National and District Tools to Guide Anemia Programming

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Job Aids and Tools | September 2016

Anemia Landscape Analysis Tool

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Job Aids and Tools | September 2016

District Assessment Tool for Anemia (DATA)

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Reports | September 2016

Ghana: Field Testing of the District Assessment Tool for Anemia (DATA)

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Series | September 2016

Understanding Anemia: Guidance for Conducting a Landscape Analysis