Site Archive

The SPRING Project ended in September 2018. This website provides an archive of SPRING's publications, tools, news, and other materials.

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SPRING Highlights

Adolescent Nutrition CALL TO ACTION: Better Data Now to Drive Better Policies and Programs in the Future

Participants call on the international community to continue to raise awareness, encourage a coordinated and collective response, and prioritize specific actions that will generate the knowledge and data needed to improve adolescent nutrition.

SPRING community volunteers sing a song about the importance of mothers.
SPRING Highlights

SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic Shares Four Years of Lessons and Accomplishments

On June 22, 2018, the USAID-funded SPRING project in the Kyrgyz Republic hosted an event in Bishkek to share important lessons and accomplishments of the project from 2014 to 2018. 

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SPRING Highlights

SPRING Shares Experiences with Hemoglobin Measurement and Engaging Men for Nutrition at CORE Group

SPRING participated in the CORE Group Global Health Practitioner Conference, delivering a presentation on engaging men for improved nutrition, and sharing research on hemoglobin measurement through song.

Group photo of the SPRING team at the event.
SPRING Highlights

SPRING Connects at the 2018 International Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit

SPRING staff traveled to Nusa Dua, Indonesia to present on SPRING’s work in nutrition social and behavior change and to build skills among practitioners at the 2018 International Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit.

Evidence-based. Country-led. Results-driven. Improving lives through better nutrition.

Country Highlights

SPRING/Bangladesh

SPRING/Bangladesh aimed to improve the nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women and children under two years of age by promoting and supporting the adoption of Essential Nutrition Actions and Essential Hygiene Actions (ENA/EHA) and the consumption of nutritious and diverse diets.

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Resource Review

A selection of materials to help you keep on top of developments from across SPRING’s technical areas.

WHO Guideline: Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping for Improved Maternal and Infant Health and Nutrition Outcomes
WHO, 2014
Anaemia, Iron Deficiency and Susceptibility to Infection in Children in Sub-saharan Africa, Guideline Dilemmas
Jonker, F., et al., Br J Haematol (June 2017).
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SPRING Activities

SPRING plans, implements, and evaluates activities across a range of global nutrition topics. Selected activities from our programs are highlighted below.
Formative Research Sheds Light on Agriculture's Potential Impact on Nutrition in Guatemala
Formative Research Sheds Light on Agriculture's Potential Impact on Nutrition in Guatemala
Testing a Responsive Feeding Indicator to Improve Early Childhood Nutrition in Niger
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Featured Publications

Use SPRING's publications to learn about evidence, best practices, and policies for improving nutrition.
Two men sit together, one behind the other. The man in front holds a video camera and looks at it intensely. The man behind looks wears headphones and has a laptop in his lap. He looks over the first man's shoulder at the camera.
Job Aids and Tools | June 2017
The Strategic Agenda for At-Scale Nutrition Social and Behavior Change Communication
country map of anemia prevelence
Series | September 2014
Iron-Folic Acid Technical Briefs
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