Uganda
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News
SPRING’s presentation highlighted the role of Village Health Teams in closing the gap between health facilities and caregivers.
Location: Uganda
SPRING/Uganda trained maize millers to fortify maize flour and adopt good manufacturing practices.
In workshops, district officials used SPRING's District Assessment Tool for Anemia to learn about the multi-sectoral nature of anemia in their districts and to prioritize key actionable...
SPRING supervises the collection of data from 1,600 individuals to provide guidance for implementation of micronutrient powder (MNP) programs.
Adopting Sanku’s technology in Uganda will enable small- and medium-scale maize millers to fortify flour at a low cost.
During an awards ceremony in Kampala, laboratories were recognized to do competent testing of fortified foods.
SPRING/Uganda participated in the expo to create awareness about the benefits of fortified foods.
SPRING’s Nancy Adero and Danya Sarkar supported country partners piloting a district-level anemia action prioritization tool in Uganda.
The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) called for raising awareness of the links between breastfeeding and the Sustainable Development goals.
SPRING interviewed 64 Micronutrient Powder users and distributors to identify successes understand barriers they face in using and distributing MNP.
Briefs
This brief describes SPRING’s challenges and achievements using the NACS approach in Uganda to integrate nutrition into the health care delivery system.
Galleries
Delivering Micronutrient Powders in Namutumba District: Exploring Two Distribution Methods in Uganda
SPRING/Uganda piloted two different methods of distributing micronutrient powders (MNP) to 22,234 children aged 6 - 23 months in Namutumba District.
Adopting Sanku’s technology in Uganda will enable small- and medium-scale maize millers to fortify flour at a low cost.
The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) called for raising awareness of the links between breastfeeding and the Sustainable Development goals.
Activities
At the request of the Government of Uganda, SPRING supports a country-driven process to address anemia and to strengthen multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder anemia programming.
The Ministry of Health (MoH), with support from SPRING/Uganda, coordinates a multi-sectoral National Anemia Working Group (NAWG) which is intended to strengthen the policy environment,...
Journal Articles
SPRING Pathways to Better Nutrition (PBN) case studies documented successes and challenges in implementing NNAPs in Nepal and Uganda at national and sub-national level. A longitudinal,...
The 2011 Uganda Nutrition Action Plan (UNAP) established 2016 maternal and child nutrition targets. However, there is a lack of routine district-level data collection to assess UNAP...
In 2010, Uganda began developing its first multisectoral nutrition plan, the Uganda Nutrition Action Plan (UNAP), to reduce malnutrition. While the UNAP signals high-level commitment to...
Based on the data collected in Uganda, Nepal, and Ethiopia, the papers included in this supplement fill a critical gap in evidence regarding multisectoral National Nutrition Action Plans....
Infographics
This infographic shows the Uganda's continued growth in reach and impact during project year 5 (FY 2016).
Early initiation of breastfeeding increased from 76% to 92% of all moms in Namutumba District, Uganda after SPRING trainings (2013-2015).
Reports
Micronutrient powders (MNP) are one of the few interventions that address multiple micronutrient deficiencies simultaneously and contribute to anemia reduction in young children from six to...
Location: Uganda
Posters
The USAID-funded SPRING project in Uganda compared the performance of iCheck test kits in measuring levels of iron, iodine, and vitamin A in fortified food samples against the performance...
The Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH) established a micronutrient technical working group (MN-TWG) in July 2012 and tasked it with exploring the potential rollout of MNP in Uganda. The group...
With researchers from the University of British Columbia, the Micronutrient Technical Working Group (MN-TWG) conducted formative research to assess the acceptability of MNP in Uganda and to...
Although micronutrient powders (MNP) are a promising intervention for reducing anemia in young children, research on MNP has focused more on clinical outcomes than operational issues.
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