Sierra Leone
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Reports
The SPRING project began working in Sierra Leone in January 2016 through funding from the USAID Bureau for Food Security (BFS).
This report identifies challenges and successes of establishing a multi-sectoral anemia platform in Sierra Leone, explores key factors that led to the outcomes, and identifies potential...
SPRING, in collaboration with staff from HKI Sierra Leone, conducted four Barrier Analysis (BA) surveys in fifteen communities across three chiefdoms in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone to...
The SPRING project, together with Helen Keller International (HKI), recently used Trials of Improved Practices (TIPs), a qualitative research methodology, to design social and behavior...
Location: Sierra Leone
Executive Summary
The Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS) and Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Secretariat requested that the SPRING project provide technical support in conducting a landscape...
Briefs
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...
In 2016, SPRING conducted a number of assessments to inform behavior change strategies in Tonkolili district in support of improvements to child nutrition in the first 1,000 days.
There does not appear to be any refereed journal paper about any aspect of pumpkin growth, processing, marketing or use in Sierra Leone.
News
SPRING findings helped catalyze efforts of the National Anaemia Working group.
SPRING co-facilitated a session on implementation science with GAIN and the Society for Implementation Science in Nutrition at GWU’s Global Health MiniU in September 2017.
With Sierra Leonean leaders, SPRING participated in the strategy validation meeting to obtain feedback from stakeholders and validate the prioritized actions.
This workshop provided guidance on developing high-quality visuals for partner organizations in Guinea and Sierra Leone.
SPRING led a nutrition sensitive agriculture orientation for consortium organization managers from the EAIN project in Sierra Leone.
SPRING/Sierra Leone and HKI hosted an event to share findings from a barrier analysis, an adapted value chain analysis of fish and pumpkin consumption, and an assessment on infant feeding...
Location: Sierra Leone
SPRING attended Sierra Leone’s inaugural meeting of the national anemia working group, a multi-sectoral approach to anemia policy and programs.
Multi-Sectoral Global Learning and Evidence Exchange, West Africa shares research and experience in multi-sectoral nutrition programming.
Location: Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Senegal, Liberia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Burkina Faso
SPRING attended the release of Sierra Leone’s micronutrient survey, which found that iron may be only a minor cause of the country's high anemia prevalence.
Posters
The poster was pretested in rural communities and finalized for use in local markets to promote the supply of hygienic fish while HKI and the Ministry of Health are actively promoting the...
SPRING/Sierra Leone conducted four barrier analysis surveys in 15 communities, across three chiefdoms in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, to identify “behavioral determinants” that affect...
In May of 2016, SPRING/Sierra Leone conducted TIPs research with 24 selected households in two chiefdoms in the Tonkolili District.
Location: Sierra Leone
This poster was part of a poster session that offered participants the opportunity to spend more time understanding the methodologies and outcomes of three assessments conducted in...
Job Aids and Tools
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These picture-based cards are used to educate members of agribusiness centers and farmer-based organizations on pumpkin production and storage.
SPRING/Sierra Leone created a set of counselling cards that address key complementary feeding and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) behaviors for the Sierra Leonean context.
Galleries
In May 2017, staff from SPRING/Sierra Leone visited Faranah, Guinea to learn about SPRING/Guinea.
National Anemia Profiles
SPRING has developed a series of 25 National Anemia Profiles, which provide country-specific information on the causes and burden of anemia, the policy environment, and program indicators.
Events
Nutrition and agriculture practitioners rely on formative research to inform program design.
Activities
At the request of the Sierra Leone government, SPRING supported the establishment of a national anemia working group under the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement in 2016 to guide multi-...
SPRING recently used the Trials of Improved Practices (TIPs) methodology to select improved WASH and nutrition behaviors in consultation with household members in Tonkolili, Sierra Leone.
Journal Articles
SPRING/Sierra Leone conducted trials of improved practices (TIPs) with 24 households in Tonkolili District to test nutrition-sensitive WASH behaviours and selected complementary feeding...