Uganda

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Briefs

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Comprehensive Costing in Micronutrient Supplementation

This brief discusses costing studies for nutrition interventions generally, and highlights how a cost-efficiency study can influence policy decisions.

Location: Uganda
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Translating Evidence into Policy

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...

Location: Nepal, Ghana, Kyrgyz Republic, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh
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Funding Nutrition: Building a Healthier Future in Uganda

Between 2013 and 2015 the USAID-funded multisectoral SPRING project conducted a rigorous analysis of publicly available data on funding and expenditures for nutrition.

Location: Uganda
Abdul Nuldin Katongole and Jolly Ruyonga, traders who work with maize millers, read a factsheet on food fortification.

SPRING's Contribution to Industrial Food Fortification in Uganda

From 2012 to 2017, the SPRING consolidated gains from consecutive successful USAID projects and made fortification the primary platform for delivering micronutrients to the population of...

Location: Uganda
Photo of a mother, carrying her child on her back, reading a poster inside a store. Caption: "A mother looks at 'Benefits of fortified foods' poster in Kampala."

Reducing Anemia in Uganda: The SPRING Approach and Lessons Learned

Anemia reduction requires building evidence and strengthening specific interventions to address the individual causes of anemia. SPRING’s efforts in Uganda focused on industrial and home...

Location: Uganda

Reports

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The Potential to Improve Nutrition through the Use of Fortified Maize Flour in Schools in Uganda

Malnutrition among adolescents can adversely affect health and productivity in adult life; among school-going children, micronutrient deficiencies such as iron-deficiency anemia can reduce...

Keywords: Anemia, Fortification
Location: Uganda
Cover photo: a young mother holding her smiling child in a clinic

Uganda Final Country Report

Executive Summary

Keywords: Budgeting/financing for nutrition, Social and behavior change communication, Essential nutrition actions, Anemia
Location: Uganda
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The State of Maize Flour Fortification in Uganda

From July 2016 to July 2017, Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING), USAID’s flagship multi-sectoral nutrition project, conducted interviews...

Keywords: Fortification
Location: Uganda
Photo of about a dozen women and men sitting at a table during a workshop/conference. Credit: Josh Yosphyn

Piloting and Implementing the District Assessment Tool for Anemia in Uganda

Executive Summary

Keywords: Anemia, Community mobilization, Nutrition assessment counseling and support
Location: Uganda
Photo of a woman giving a presentation in front of a group of people in a conference room. Caption: "Sarah Ngalombi, Senior Nutritionist with the Ministry of Health, speaks before the National Anemia Working Group."

Multi-Sectoral Anemia Efforts at the National Level in Uganda

Executive Summary

Keywords: Anemia, Multi-sector
Location: Uganda
Maize mill employee Haruna Ssemakula carries a sack of maize flour to a waiting truck.

Uganda: Mapping of Maize Millers

Mapping the maize millers was a nationwide exercise. The National Working Group on Food Fortification (NWGFF) approved the activity, which aimed to inform stakeholders about the status of...

Keywords: Fortification
Location: Uganda

Videos

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Community Media for Nutrition Social and Behavior Change: Learning from the SPRING Project

This video highlights learning and experience from SPRING's diverse community media portfolio through four key principles with examples of each principle in action, using various types of...

Keywords: Social and behavior change communication, Community media
Location: India, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, Guinea, Ghana, Uganda
Two women sit and talk. One woman holds a packet of micronutrient powder and explains its benefits to the other woman.

The Vitamin and Mineral Powders Journey in Namutumba District, Uganda

This video provides an overview of SPRING/Uganda's work in micronutrient powders.

Keywords: Micronutrient, Fortification, Anemia, Infant and young child feeding
Location: Uganda
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Advocacy Video: For Very Little, Gain More

SPRING/Uganda developed “For Very Little, Gain More” as an advocacy video to improve school feeding through procurement of fortified maize flour for students’ meals. The video engages...

Keywords: Anemia, Fortification, Adolescents
Location: Uganda
A table with stacks of copies of the DATA tool materials.

Uganda Districts Reduce Anemia with DATA

SPRING developed the District Assessment Tool for Anemia, or DATA, to strengthen planning for anemia reduction at the subnational level. DATA is an Excel-based tool used during a two-day...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Uganda
Discussing district data at the DATA training of trainers

Districts Address Anemia with DATA

The video features the implementation of DATA in Nepal and Uganda, focusing on local leaders and stakeholders who participated in DATA district-level workshops and national training of...

Keywords: Anemia, Multi-sector
Location: Ghana, Uganda, Nepal
Katoto tells a street vendor that eating a rolex made with fortified wheat and cooking oil is one way for customers to get essential nutrients like iron, zinc, and vitamin A.

Make the Healthier Choice: Eat Fortified Foods

Katoto is a popular animated character on Ugandan social media and television and an engaging figure for raising the public’s awareness of fortified foods. This cartoon builds on SPRING’s...

Keywords: Anemia, Fortification
Location: Uganda

Galleries

Participants listen to SPRING’s findings on the current status of maize milling.

Maize Millers in Uganda Assemble to Discuss Potential for Fortification

On November 13th, SPRING/Uganda invited maize flour producers in Uganda to learn about challenges and opportunities in fortifying flour and shared resources on potential technology options...

Keywords: Anemia, Micronutrient
Location: Uganda
Photo: Goretti Kyebajia, a health facility staff from Namutumba district, reviews the MNP materials.

Spring/Uganda Shares Results of Micronutrient Powders Distribution Pilot in Namutumba

SPRING presented the results of our formative, qualitative, and cost-effectiveness research on micronutrient powders in Namutumba district to district and national stakeholders during a one...

Keywords: Anemia, Micronutrient
Location: Uganda
Thomas Okoth and Justine Nabuuma of Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI) perform an iron spot test on maize flour, to establish if the flour with the fortification logo is actually fortified.

SPRING/Uganda Raises Awareness about the Benefits of Fortified Foods

Advocating for the fortification of major staple foods in Uganda is one way SPRING has contributed to the prevention and control of stunting and anemia.

Keywords: Fortification
Location: Uganda

News

Mike Mazinga, a member of SPRING/Uganda staff, explains how SPRING played a role in encouraging production and consumption of fortified foods in Uganda.

SPRING/Uganda Celebrates Five Years of Nutrition Work

SPRING/Uganda staff shared the project’s achievements at a legacy event in Kampala.

Keywords: Anemia, Infant and young child feeding, Fortification, Budgeting/financing for nutrition
Location: Uganda
Photo: SPRING staff member Mike Mazinga presents on the current status of maize milling in Uganda.

Fortifying the Future: SPRING/Uganda Assembles Maize Millers to Discuss Potential for Fortification

In November 2017, SPRING/Uganda invited maize flour producers and other stakeholders to discuss challenges and opportunities in fortifying flour and learn about technology options for...

Keywords: Fortification, Anemia, Micronutrient
Location: Uganda
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SPRING/Uganda Hands Over Regional Health Community Coordination Role

SPRING/Uganda transitions the chairmanship of the inspection and enforcement working group in the East Central and Southern Africa Health Community to Uganda National Bureau of Standards.

Keywords: Anemia, Fortification
Location: Uganda
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SPRING/Uganda Supports Anemia Prevention and Control Module for Health Tutors’ College of Mulago

SPRING/Uganda helped incorporate a module on anemia prevention and control into the Bachelor of Medical Education program at Health Tutors College of Mulago.

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Uganda
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SPRING Presents on Impactful Nutrition Policy at IHEA

SPRING shared findings and recommendations at the 2017 International Health Economics Association World Congress in Boston on how to ensure nutrition policy translates to financing and...

Keywords: Budgeting/financing for nutrition, Nutrition-sensitive, Nutrition-specific
Location: Uganda, Nepal
Jennifer Akello (R), a SPRING/Uganda staff, explains to Members of Parliament about SPRING/Uganda’s work in the prevention and control of anemia and stunting through policy influence, food fortification and distribution of vitamin and mineral powders. This was during the inaugural Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Nutrition.

SPRING Exhibits at the Inaugural Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Nutrition

SPRING/Uganda exhibits on food fortification and vitamin and minerals powders during first-ever nutrition forum for policymakers.

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Uganda
Sarah Ngalombi from the Uganda Ministry of Health speaks at a National Anemia Working Group meeting

SPRING/Uganda Engages Multi-Sectoral Partners on National Anemia Efforts

SPRING interviewed public and private sector leaders about creating multi-sectoral anemia prevention and control strategies.

Keywords: Anemia, Multi-sector
Location: Uganda

Infographics

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Fortifying National Efforts to Improve Nutrition for All

In Uganda, SPRING provides technical assistance and leadership at the national and district levels to help reduce stunting, micronutrient deficiencies, and anemia, particularly in children...

Keywords: Policy, Fortification
Location: Uganda

Journal Articles

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A Multisector Approach to Monitoring Planned and Actual Nutrition Spending

USAID’s SPRING project has developed an approach that countries can use to bridge the gap between primary data collection and developing more routine systems. In this article, challenges...

Keywords: Budgeting/financing for nutrition
Location: Uganda, Nepal

Success Stories

Whitney, 2, with his grandmother Zewelensi, 60. Whitney was malnourished, but after three months of eating foods mixed with MNP, his health improved.

The Power of Powders in Uganda

SPRING, which applies a multi-sectoral approach to reduce stunting and anemia, helped the Ugandan Ministry of Health pilot the rollout MNP sachet distribution in both health facilities and...

Keywords: Micronutrient, Anemia
Location: Uganda

Pages

Resource Review Summaries

Farm Production Diversity and Dietary Quality: Linkages and Measurement Issues

Do higher levels of farm production diversity contribute to improved diets in smallholder farm households? This study adds to existing literature by using and comparing different indicators...

Keywords: Agriculture
Location: Indonesia, Kenya, Uganda

ICTs for Nutrition, Agriculture, and Time Use - Can We Do Better Than 24-hour Recall?

Over the past 50 years, understandings of the best ways to combat malnutrition among women and children globally have changed, along with the technology that exists to fight it. The IMMANA-...

Keywords: Women's empowerment, Agriculture, Nutrition-sensitive
Location: Uganda

Does Ownership of Improved Dairy Cow Breeds Improve Child Nutrition? A Pathway Analysis for Uganda

This study examines whether adoption of improved dairy cow breeds is linked to farm-level outcomes that translate into household-level benefits, including improved child nutrition outcomes...

Keywords: Agriculture
Location: Uganda

Understanding Pathways to Better Nutrition at District Level: Lessons from Uganda

The research detailed in this article explores Ugandan district leaders’ perceptions of the nutrition situation, programs, and opportunities for integration as part of "Pathways-to-Better...

Keywords: Agriculture
Location: Uganda

Six Key Actions to Reduce Anemia

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...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Ghana, Kyrgyz Republic, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Uganda

Trading Off Nutrition and Education? A Panel Data Analysis of the Dissimilar Welfare Effects of Organic and Fairtrade Standards

This study uses panel data from small-scale coffee producers in Uganda and compares the effects of two of the most popular sustainability standards used by smallholder farmers in developing...

Keywords: Agriculture
Location: Uganda

Triggering for Positive Behaviour Change in Nutrition

This technical brief provides an overview of community SBCC and triggering on positive nutrition and hygiene behaviours. It summarises some key insights and findings from Sustainable...

Keywords: Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Dietary diversity, Social and behavior change communication
Location: Zambia, Uganda

Uganda Releases Biofortified Beans to Address Iron Deficiency Anemia

The government of Uganda has rolled-out five high iron bean varieties in an attempt to address national iron deficiency anemia especially among women, children, and infants. In Uganda,...

Keywords: Anemia, Agriculture, Fortification
Location: Uganda

Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Evaluation

This evaluation, conducted by the Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation (CITE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), studied malaria rapid diagnostic tests from...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Uganda

The Impact of an Intervention to Improve Malaria Care in Public Health Centers on Health Indicators of Children in Tororo, Uganda (PRIME): A Cluster-Randomized Trial

In this study, researchers sought to determine if a malaria care improvement intervention had an impact on health outcomes for young children in Tororo, Uganda. The intervention group of...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Uganda

Delaying Iron Therapy until 28 Days after Antimalarial Treatment Is Associated with Greater Iron Incorporation and Equivalent Hematologic Recovery after 56 Days in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

In this study, researchers assessed absorption of therapeutic iron among children in Uganda that were given antimalarial treatment. Children aged 6-59 months with both malaria and anemia...

Keywords: Anemia, Fortification, Micronutrient
Location: Uganda

Making Value Chains Work for Food and Nutrition Security

In the November 2016 Ag2Nut Call, Matthias Jäger, Markets and Value Chain Expert, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) / CGIAR, presented findings from a pilot project in...

Keywords: Agriculture
Location: Kenya, Uganda

Guidelines for Integrating Nutrition into Agriculture Enterprise Mixes in Uganda

These guidelines aim to strengthen the contribution of agricultural extension and community mobilization to improve household food and nutrition security in Uganda. The intended primary...

Keywords: Agriculture, Community mobilization
Location: Uganda

Pushing the Frontiers in Ag-Nutrition Methods and Metrics: IMMANA Round 1 Fellows Share Their Research

During this webinar, the inaugural round of fellows from the IMMANA program highlighted their research on developing new methodological approaches to guide agricultural interventions for...

Keywords: Agriculture, Food systems, Women's empowerment
Location: Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, Zambia, Ethiopia, India

First 1,000 Days

In his new book, journalist Roger Thurow tells stories of mothers and babies worldwide to explore the effort to end childhood malnutrition. Thurow highlights the importance of proper...

Keywords: Thousand days, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Agriculture
Location: Uganda, India, Guatemala, United States

Is Integrating Sickle Cell Disease and HIV Screening Logical?

The Uganda Sickle Surveillance Study introduced a simple yet innovative approach to screening infants for sickle cell disease – the most prevalent genetic disorder in the world, and a cause...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Uganda

Uganda Introduces Diet Supplementation Program to Fight Malnutrition in Children

SPRING, UNICEF, and the World Food Program (WFP), in collaboration with the Ugandan Ministry of Health (MOH), launched a home fortification program as a strategy to combat micronutrient...

Keywords: Anemia, Micronutrient, Fortification, Infant and young child feeding
Location: Uganda

Is There an Enabling Environment for Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in East Africa? Stakeholder Perspectives from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda

In this research study, similar barriers to leveraging agriculture for nutrition were identified by stakeholders in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda. These include a narrow focus on solely...

Keywords: Nutrition-sensitive
Location: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda

Influence of Schistosoma Mansoni and Hookworm Infection Intensities on Anaemia in Ugandan Villages

In this study, researchers sought to further explore the association of anemia with Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm infections in individuals aged 5-90 in Uganda. The authors found that...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Uganda

Haemoglobin Status and Predictors of Anaemia Among Pregnant Women in Mpigi, Uganda

The authors aimed to assess hemoglobin levels and the factors associated with anemia in pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in their third trimester in the rural district of Mpigi,...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Uganda

Integrating Nutrition in Farmer Field Schools in Eastern Africa

Based on experience from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, and Central Africa Republic, this report describes the adoption of participatory extension such as the...

Keywords: Integration
Location: Rwanda, Uganda

Can Smallholder Fruit and Vegetable Production Systems Improve Household Food Security and Nutritional Status of Women? Evidence from Rural Uganda

The authors of this paper aim to empirically infer causal linkages between fruit and vegetable production, individual intake, food security, and anemia. Qualitative research and econometric...

Keywords: Food security, Women's empowerment
Location: Uganda

The Cost of Hunger in Africa: Social and Economic Impact of Child Undernutrition in Egypt, Ethiopia, Swaziland and Uganda

The Cost of Hunger in Africa study demonstrates that child nutrition can be a determinant factor in achieving Africa's transformation agenda. The report highlights that undernourished...

Keywords: Anemia
Location: Ethiopia, Uganda

Ag2Nut Community Call: Uganda Food Trade System, and New Dietary Diversity Indicator

The July 2014 Ag2Nut Community of Practice monthly call featured two presentations; one on the Ugandan Food Trade System and the other on a New Dietary Diversity Score. Terri Ballard, a...

Keywords: Dietary diversity
Location: Uganda

The Politics of Food and the Fight Against Hunger: Reflections and Lessons from Uganda

The authors of this extensive review argue that achieving food security in Uganda is an effective means of curtailing civil strife, violence, and insecurity. The paper examines how the...

Location: Uganda

Feed the Future Newsletter: Partnering to Advance Global Nutrition and Food Security

The July 2014 edition of the Feed the Future Newsletter features stories on how the initiative is working to improve nutrition through the U.S. President’s Initiative. Read about efforts in...

Location: Uganda, Bangladesh

Leveling the Field: Improving Opportunities for Women Farmers in Africa

This report presents new data measuring the gender gap in various aspects of agriculture in Africa. A particular focus on six countries— Ethiopia, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania and...

Location: Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, Niger

Levelling the Field: Improving Opportunities for Women Farmers in Africa

A collaborative report that identifies factors responsible for low-productivity among female-managed farms in Africa, with a particular focus on Ethiopia, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania,...

Keywords: Women's empowerment
Location: Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, Niger

Improved Dairy Cows in Uganda: Pathways to Poverty Alleviation and Improved Child Nutrition

This study uses a nationally representative sample of Ugandan households to rigorously examine how adoption of improved dairy cow breeds impacts enterprise, household, and individual child...

Location: Uganda

MPEP Seminar: Latest Impact Findings on Financing Africa's Smallholder Farms

Since 2009, Opportunity International has disbursed more than 164,000 agricultural loans and opened more than 618,000 rural savings accounts across Uganda, Malawi, Rwanda, Ghana, and...

Keywords: Budgeting/financing for nutrition
Location: Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Uganda

The Importance of Using Food and Nutrient Intake Data to Identify Appropriate Vehicles and Estimate Potential Benefits of Food Fortification in Uganda

This baseline dietary intake survey in Uganda 1) estimates the prevalence of inadequate intakes of specific micronutrients, and 2) predicts the potential contribution of fortification of...

Keywords: Fortification
Location: Uganda