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

Photo of a mother holding her child up to her face.
Reports | September 2018

Endline Nutrition Survey in the Kyrgyz Republic

Photo of an older woman holding holding a baby to be spoon-fed by a younger woman.
Reports | September 2018

Kyrgyz Republic: Final Country Report

Photo of a group of women holding up SPRING nutrition counseling materials.
Success Stories | September 2018

Supportive Families Enable Healthy Mothers and Thriving Babies

Photo of two women posing and holding a baby
Success Stories | September 2018

Defeating Anemia: A Grandmother Takes Charge in Her Home and Community

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

Protocol cover
Job Aids and Tools | July 2018

Kyrgyz Republic National Antenatal Care Clinical Protocol

Photo of a mother and her child looking over materials and receiving counseling from two health professionals
Briefs | July 2018

Adapting Nutrition Social and Behavior Change Communication Interventions to Meet Audience and Partner Needs

Photo of a woman posing in front of a SPRING banner. Caption: "Firuza poses with a SPRING banner at a training for volunteer coordinators."
Success Stories | May 2018

Be the Change You Want to See

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 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

Photo of a young boy with a bowl of food on the table in front of him. Caption: "The beet salad is a hit at lunch time!"
Success Stories | March 2018

Kindling Best Nutrition Practices in Kindergarten

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

A grandmother helps her young granddaughter eat her food with a spoon.
Briefs | December 2017

SPRING in the Kyrgyz Republic: Evidence of Significant Improvement in Nutrition Practices

Photo of a health professional giving a mother a demonstration using a doll.
Briefs | November 2017

Strengthening Nutrition within the Kyrgyz Republic Health System

A group of six Kyrgyz women sits in a line of chairs. They are listening, but bored.
Training Materials | August 2017

Mother Support Groups: Three-Day Training of Facilitators/Trainers - Facilitator Guide

A 9 year old girl demonstrates proper handwashing technique.
Success Stories | July 2017

Soap to the Rescue! Kyrgyz Students Wash Away Germs for Better Nutrition

On one side of the ruler is a poem with key messages about the importance of hand washing, drinking clean water, and eating healthy foods to avoid illness. The other side of the ruler reminds children to wash hands with soap before eating, after visiting the toilet, after playing, and after coming home from school.
Job Aids and Tools | May 2017

Deworming School Ruler and Facility Poster

Photo credit: SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic. Two women sitting and talking in a large room with others doing the same. One woman holds cards about nutrition and is counselling the other women who is holding a realistic baby doll and practicing the proper way to hold an infant.
Training Materials | May 2017

Training Supervisors to Mentor Health Workers Who Provide Counselling on Infant and Young Child Feeding

Front page of deworming protocol. contains the title in Kyrgyz with a lime green background.
Job Aids and Tools | May 2017

National Deworming Clinical Protocol

Front page of deworming handout
Job Aids and Tools | May 2017

Deworming Leaflet for Families

Энелердин толук кандуу тамактануусу балдардын өсүүсүнүн жана өнүгүшүнүн кепилдиги
Job Aids and Tools | April 2017

Healthy Nutrition for Mothers to Promote the Growth and Development of Your Baby

Protocol front page
Job Aids and Tools | March 2017

Kyrgyz Republic National Anemia Technical Guideline and Protocol

Two-year anemia calendar
Job Aids and Tools | March 2017

Two-Year Anemia Calendar - Kyrgyz Republic

IFA reminder card
Job Aids and Tools | March 2017

Iron-Folic Acid Commitment Card - Kyrgyz Republic

Food Storage Guidance Booklet
Job Aids and Tools | March 2017

Food Storage Guidebook

A doctor counsels a woman holding a baby on proper nutrition
Job Aids and Tools | March 2017

Adolescent and Women’s Nutrition and Anemia Facilitator Guide

Карточки Консультирования Программа Питание Детей Грудного И Раннего Возраста
Job Aids and Tools | February 2017

Counselling Cards to Improve Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Kyrgyz Republic

Мы придерживаемся принципов доброжелательного отношения к матери
Job Aids and Tools | January 2017

SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Posters

Photo of a woman holding a newborn with a midwife advising
Success Stories | January 2017

Helping Hospitals Become “Baby-Friendly”

Community activist Nazira Subankulova with the fresh produce she sells. After SPRING’s nutrition trainings, it is now in high demand.
Success Stories | October 2016

From Salty Snacks to Fresh Food

Cookbook cover page
Job Aids and Tools | September 2016

Healthy Nutrition for Children and the Whole Family Cookbook

Image of the poster, which features a drawing of a breastfeeding mother
Job Aids and Tools | September 2016

Nutrition and Care of Infants and Young Children Facility Tools

An image of the food pyramid
Job Aids and Tools | September 2016

Dietary Diversity Handout

Poster image demonstrating toilet maintenance best practices
Job Aids and Tools | September 2016

Clean Latrines and Handwashing

Nurse Usupova Mairam (on the left) counsels Jazgul about the best way to feed her one-year-old daughter Aitunuk.
Success Stories | August 2016

One Mother at a Time

Woman selling produce at market
Reports | December 2015

Baseline Nutrition Survey in the Kyrgyz Republic

Seitova Raima holding her child
Success Stories | November 2015

Exclusive Breastfeeding in Rural Kyrgyzstan: One Mother’s Journey to Success

Mother feeding her child
Job Aids and Tools | June 2015

Nutrition and Development of Children Under Two Years of Age | Эки жашка толо элек наристелердин тамактануусу жана жетилиши

Woman holding baby with fall trees in the background
Reports | May 2015

Factors Affecting the Family Diet