Girls talking as they work.
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. 

Photo of the three SPRING team members posing together.
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/Senegal

SPRING’s work in Senegal aims to deliver both nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions that complement and reinforce one another in five regions of the country.

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Resource Review

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

Poor Sanitation in India May Afflict Well-Fed Children With Malnutrition
New York Times (July 2014)
An Animal-Source Food Supplement Increases Micronutrient Intakes and Iron Status among Reproductive-Age Women in Rural Vietnam
Hall, A., et. al., Journal of Nutrition (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.
VHTs from Great Mothers campaign
Great Mothers, Healthy Children Campaign
Victor Pinga, SPRING Agriculture Advisor, and Ashley Aakesson, SPRING SBCC Advisor, feature the SPRING linking agriculture-to-nutrition pathways as they lead an interactive session to orient partners on nutrition-sensitive agriculture.
SPRING Conducts Orientation to Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in India
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Featured Publications

Use SPRING's publications to learn about evidence, best practices, and policies for improving nutrition.
SBCC Pathways for Improved Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition Practices
Briefs | October 2014
SBCC Pathways for Improved Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition Practices
The Nigeria IYCF Package
Training Materials | July 2013
The Nigeria Community and Facility Infant and Young Child Feeding Package
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