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SPRING SBCC Team Lead Peggy Koniz-Booher facilitates a discussion on Referral Systems/Pathways in a breakout session.
June 2017
Immunization, family planning (FP), and maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) are all important aspects of primary care for women and children. There are many missed opportunities for integration which could further improve these servic...
Women look at SPRING learning materials
March 2017
From March 27-30, 2017, over 300 of the world’s leading health experts from nearly 40 countries will convene in Johannesburg, South Africa for the Institutionalizing Community Health Conference (ICHC) 2017. USAID’s multi-sectoral nutrition project, S...
U.S. Congressional Delegation Visits SPRING/Senegal
August 2016
A delegation of U.S. congressional staffers visited SPRING/Senegal programs on Tuesday, August 2, 2016, as part of a week-long tour of health programs in Senegal arranged by USAID and World Vision.The visitors represented the offices of Senators Rob ...
Ambassador Gwaltney plays with SPRING volunteer’s baby boy (held by SPRING Chief of Party Michael Foley) after discussing the impact good nutrition information will make on their community and the next generation.
June 2016
US Ambassador Sheila Gwaltney visited the USAID-funded SPRING project in the Naryn Oblast of Kyrgyz Republic on June 8th and 9th.On June 8th, Ambassador Gwaltney toured a SPRING-supported district hospital that provides maternal and child nutrition s...
U.S. Ambassador Jackson engages with Kasuliyili CHPS Compound staff on available health services.
April 2016
The U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson, took an informative tour of the community-based health planning and services (CHPS) compound in Kasuliyili of the Tolon District in the Northern Region on March 31, 2016. This was the Ambassador’s firs...
Dr. Lamstein presenting
March 2016
During her presentation “Building Nutrition Capacity of Health Workers” at the 15th annual Global Health Mini-University, Dr. Sascha Lamstein, Technical Advisor and Team Lead for SPRING, presented on the critical role of the health workforce in impro...
SPRING's two nutrition trainees in the community
November 2014
Translating academic learning into practice is a challenge. So SPRING/Uganda created a “Nutrition Trainee” (internship) program that combines class and field work, helping students develop the knowledge and skills needed to produce meaningful results...
SPRING organized field visits to a health facility and a community where participants received hands-on experience forming support groups and conducting group counseling
June 2014
SPRING/Nigeria is implementing a training cascade of the national Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Training Package, which focuses on three levels of expertise and ends with the formation of community support groups. The second trainin...
Cross section of participants in the F-IYCF training
June 2014
SPRING/Nigeria organized a five-day facility infant and young child feeding (F-IYCF) training to strengthen the capacity of health workers in secondary and tertiary health facilities in Otukpo, Benue State. The F-IYCF training, formally launched in A...
Participants carrying out a one-on-one counseling at Family Health Clinic Area 2, Abuja
May 2014
In 2013, the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) of Nigeria led a process to produce training materials on community infant and young child feeding (CIYCF). The CIYCF package—which included counseling cards, a key message booklet, participant ...
SPRING/Haiti Builds Health Worker Capacity Using On-the-Job Training Approach
July 2013
On June 24-28, 2013, 22 health workers from six hospitals convened in Petit Goave, Haiti for a training of trainers (TOT) led by SPRING/Haiti and the Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population (MSPP). The training was on a new infant and youn...