SPRING/Ghana

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SPRING/Ghana aimed to reduce stunting by 20 percent in two regions—Northern Region and Upper East Region. Working in 15 districts within these two regions, SPRING/Ghana’s activities included anemia reduction, infant and young child nutrition; water, sanitation, and hygiene; aflatoxin reduction; community video; and support to the LEAP 1000 cash transfers.

SPRING/Ghana defined its activities through the 1,000 Day Household approach, which targeted households with pregnant women and children 2 years of age and younger. This approach synthesized each intervention area into a holistic approach designed to support the ability of the1,000 day household to care for and support the 1,000 day child.

SPRING’s main partners in Ghana included Ghana Health Services, the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, the Ghana LEAP Project, UNICEF, and RING.

Read our blog post: Improving Nutrition, One Latrine at a Time: WASH 1,000 Strategy in Ghana Takes Hold

Download a short description of our work in Ghana (PDF, 823 KB)

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Applying Systems Thinking for Nutrition	From Pilot to Practice: Community Video in the Sahel
How Can We Reduce Anemia?	How Do Programs Catalyze Change for Nutrition?
SPRING Promotes Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture	SPRING’s Community Video Resource Page

January, 2018 More Than Just Irrigation: The Role of Water in Agriculture and Nutrition	May, 2018 Safe Groundnuts the Main Ingredient of Better Nutrition in Ghana	January, 2018 Empowering Women Through Better Agriculture and Improved Yields: Farmer Field Schools in Ghana Benefit Women Groundnut Growers
November, 2017 How Can Agricultural Information Systems be Nutrition-Sensitive?	November, 2017 Clean Water: An Indispensible Ingredient for Nutrition	August, 2017 Improving Nutrition, One Latrine at a Time: WASH 1,000 Strategy in Ghana Takes Hold
August, 2017 JSI @APHA 2013: Local Research, Global Impact	August, 2017 New Application of Demographic and Health Survey in Nutrition Modeling	August, 2017 SPRING to Better Nutrition across the Globe

Briefs \| July 2018 Translating Evidence into Policy	Reports \| April 2018 Ghana: Final Country Report	Briefs \| March 2018 Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Systems Thinking for Better Nutrition in Ghana
Briefs \| February 2018 Using a Quality Improvement Approach in Facilities and Communities in Ghana	Training Materials \| January 2018 Facilitator's Guide for Conducting Mother-to-Mother Support Group Monthly Meetings in Ghana	Success Stories \| November 2017 A Little Help from My Friends
Success Stories \| November 2017 Community Video Spurs Collective Action to Improve Sanitation in Ghana	Job Aids and Tools \| November 2017 Ghana: Quality Improvement Curriculum for Community Health	Job Aids and Tools \| November 2017 Ghana: Quality Improvement Curriculum for Health Facilities

Videos \| Jan 2018 Community Media for Nutrition Social and Behavior Change: Learning from the SPRING Project	Videos \| Oct 2017 Districts Address Anemia with DATA	Galleries \| Oct 2017 SPRING/Ghana Hosts Learning Event Reflecting on the Life of the Project
Infographics \| Sep 2017 SPRING/Ghana: Engaging Communities to Improve Nutrition through the 1,000-Day Household Approach	Galleries \| Sep 2017 SPRING/Ghana Launches Nut Roasting Equipment as a Partnership with USAID and Hershey	Videos \| Jul 2017 SPRING/Ghana Aflatoxin Community Drama (Dagbanli)

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