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.
Micronutrient Interventions
Activities
News
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...
September 2015
In July, the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Uganda and SPRING/Uganda hosted a high-level delegation from Ethiopia to learn more about Uganda’s experience implementing mandatory food fortification. Uganda’s MOH with help from the National Working Group o...
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...
Media
Galleries | November 2017
Spring/Uganda Shares Results of Micronutrient Powders Distribution Pilot in Namutumba
Publications
Journal Articles | December 2017
Experiences and Lessons Learned for Planning and Supply Of Micronutrient Powders Interventions
Reports | November 2016
A Qualitative Review of Micronutrient Powder Distribution in Namutumba District, Uganda
Journal Articles | December 2017
Experiences and Lessons Learned for Programme Improvement Of Micronutrient Powders Interventions