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Our publications curate evidence, best practices, and policies to help improve nutrition through health, agriculture, and economic development programs.

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Reports | August 2018
Guinea Final Country Report
Photo of a man and woman posing outside with their infant child
Reports | August 2018
Sierra Leone Final Country Report
Photo of a group of smiling women wearing SPRING projects shirts.
Reports | July 2018
Senegal: Final Country Report
Figure 1. The SPRING Framework for Applying Systems Thinking to Nutrition
Job Aids and Tools | July 2018
Assessing the Application of Systems Thinking for Nutrition
Photo of toddler boy holding a cup and looking into the camera as his parents watch in the background
Briefs | July 2018
Translating Evidence into Policy
Figure 3: Nutrition, Growth, and Development in the Community. "The illustration in figure 3 depicts an ideal community that has all of the ingredients for good nutrition, growth, and development."
Reports | July 2018
Building a Shared Vision for Good Nutrition, Growth, and Development in the Community
Photo of brightly colored junk food at a market. Credit: Lokendra Nath Roychoudhury
Briefs | July 2018
National Policies and Plans to Address the Dual Burden of Malnutrition
Cover photo: four teenage girls in their school uniforms, dancing and jumping as they pose for the camera.
Reports | June 2018
The Potential to Improve Nutrition through the Use of Fortified Maize Flour in Schools in Uganda
Cover photo: a young mother holding her smiling child in a clinic
Reports | June 2018
Uganda Final Country Report
Photo of three women looking at the toolkit materials.
Training Materials | April 2018
Training Community Volunteers on Nutrition and Hygiene Module Toolkit
Photo of a mother holding her child wrapped in a blanket on her back.
Reports | April 2018
Ghana: Final Country Report
Photo of a group of women in medical coats pointing to charts on a wall.
Briefs | March 2018
Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Systems Thinking for Better Nutrition in the Kyrgyz Republic
Group photo of a mother-to-mother support group: a large group of women and men sit in plastic chairs in a circle.
Briefs | March 2018
Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Systems Thinking for Better Nutrition in Ghana
Image of a woman watering her crops with a large watering can.
Briefs | February 2018
Drivers of Malnutrition in Niger: Analysis of Secondary Data Sources
Photo of a counseling group meting in a circle under a large tree.
Briefs | February 2018
Using a Quality Improvement Approach in Facilities and Communities in Ghana
Cover photo: an infant/toddler girl (with her mother, who is facing the other way) looking at the camera
Briefs | February 2018
Putting Budget Data to Work for Nutrition
Front cover [title] Photo-to-Illustration Guide A Resource for the Development of Health Communication Visual Materials [cover illustration] Foreground: a collage of nine illustrations of mothers with their children or by themselves. "USAID." SPRING logo”
Job Aids and Tools | February 2018
Photo-to-Illustration Guide
Photo of a woman in a USAID/SPRING shirt sitting on a mat on the ground with a mother holding her child in her arms. The mother is feeding the child with a spoon.
Briefs | January 2018
Funding Nutrition: Building a Healthier Future in Uganda
Photograph of several women and men looking at notes posted on a large bulletin board and having a discussion. Caption: "CHAIN partners reflect on joint activities they developed during a November 2016 workshop."
Success Stories | December 2017
Finding a Shared Purpose: Strengthening Coordination and Collaboration for Improved Nutrition in Rwanda
Photo of a mother, her child, and a nurse at a health facility looking at information on nutrition. Caption: "Mairam Usupova, Head Nurse at the Family Group Practice in Naryn, counsels a mother on maternal nutrition and dietary diversity.
Success Stories | December 2017
Supportive Supervision Brings Better Health Services to the Kyrgyz Republic
Photo of a health professional giving a mother a demonstration using a doll.
Briefs | November 2017
Strengthening Nutrition within the Kyrgyz Republic Health System
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Journal Articles | August 2017
A Multisector Approach to Monitoring Planned and Actual Nutrition Spending
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Reports | April 2017
Opportunities for Integrating Nutrition into Agricultural Information Systems in Northern Ghana
Pathways to Better Nutrition Case Study Evidence Series
Briefs | April 2017
Toward Shared Goals: Building Multi-Sectoral Coordination for Nutrition in Uganda and Nepal
A man teaches a group of men and women.
Briefs | April 2017
Engaging Government Agriculture Staff to Promote Nutrition at the Community Level
Two children smile at the camera.
Briefs | April 2017
Raising the Status and Quality of Nutrition Services Within Government Systems
First page of article. Contains title and intro text.
Journal Articles | March 2017
Recommendations for Multi-Sector Nutrition Planning: Cross-Context Lessons from Nepal and Uganda
Photo of two women at a table going over a diagram.
Briefs | February 2017
Engaging Government Health Staff to Promote Nutrition at the Community Level
USAID, APC and SPRING logos
Series | January 2017
Community Health Worker Nutrition Advocacy Tool
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Job Aids and Tools | January 2017
Community Health Worker Nutrition Advocacy Tool for Afghanistan
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Job Aids and Tools | January 2017
Community Health Worker Nutrition Advocacy Tool for Haiti
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Job Aids and Tools | January 2017
Community Health Worker Nutrition Advocacy Tool for India