Kyrgyz Republic

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Reports

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This report summarizes findings from an endline survey carried out in February–March 2017, among 1,359 women in Jumgal district in Naryn oblast, parts of Jalalabad oblast, and Uzgen in Osh ...

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From 2014 to 2018, the SPRING project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), worked in Jalalabad and Naryn oblasts, as well as Bishkek, the capital city of the...

Success Stories

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When SPRING community activist Chinara Mavlyanova learned that Rano and Zainalabid’s daughter-in-law, Eliza Rysalieva, was pregnant, she began visiting the household, teaching the family...

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In the Kyrgyz Republic, 35 percent of women of reproductive age (15–49 years) suffer from some form of anemia.

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Since 2015, volunteer coordinator Firuza Fazilova has worked with the USAID global nutrition project, SPRING, to teach the importance of balanced diets for the future of the Kyrgyz Republic...

Briefs

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Working in 13 countries from 2012 to 2018, the SPRING project supported policy processes across social and behavior change communication (SBCC), anemia prevention, food fortification and...

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In this brief, we hope to help other programs embrace flexibility by discussing our experience adapting activities mid-way through a project.

Location: Kyrgyz Republic
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We developed this brief, which explores SPRING’s work in the Kyrgyz Republic, as well as a companion brief on our work in Ghana for designers and implementers of multi-sectoral nutrition...

Location: Kyrgyz Republic

Job Aids and Tools

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New evidence-based recommendations—particularly for prevention and treatment of anemia and parasitic infections—are a part of the revised the national antenatal care (ANC) clinical protocol...

Keywords: Policy, Anemia
Location: Kyrgyz Republic

Videos

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This short video is a brief overview of the work that SPRING has been doing in the Kyrgyz Republic since the project began in 2014.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

News

SPRING community volunteers sing a song about the importance of mothers.

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 a group of people sitting at a panel: Participants attend a two day training on the linkages between agriculture and nutrition.

On April 5-6, SPRING conducted a workshop with the Kyrgyz National Agrarian University on understanding the linkages between agriculture and nutrition in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Galleries

Two community volunteers impersonate two babies as they perform a skit about the importance of appropriate complementary feeding.

SPRING in the Kyrgyz Republic hosted an event in Bishkek to share important lessons and accomplishments of the project from 2014 to 2018.

Infographics

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Since 2014, SPRING has promoted the uptake of 11 evidence-based practices to improve the nutritional status of children under two and women of reproductive age in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Location: Kyrgyz Republic

Training Materials

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This toolkit is designed to provide program implementers with training session modules, job aids, and social and behavior change communication (SBCC) materials to help community volunteers...

Pages

Resource Review Summaries

This brief, developed by SPRING, describes country-led efforts to coordinate and implement anemia prevention and control, offering lessons learned to help other countries design the best...