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A graphic representation of a woman cleaning a yard of animal feces, disposing of the feces responsibly, and washing her hands with a tippy tap.

How to Make “Good” Better: The Science of Improving Program Impact

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.

Keywords: Agriculture, Clean household approach, Community mobilization, Enteropathy, Handwashing, Nutrition-sensitive, Nutrition-specific, Social and behavior change communication, Water, sanitation, and hygiene
Location: Kyrgyz Republic, Sierra Leone
Mariam Sy, SPRING/Senegal Nutrition Advisor, holds a microphone on stage in both hands and addresses the crowd gathered.

SPRING/Senegal Joined Local Partners to Raise Awareness on World Malaria Day

SPRING/Senegal co-organized a social mobilization event in Dinguiraye to raise awareness on how environmental hygiene can prevent malaria.

Keywords: Handwashing, Thousand days, Community mobilization, Enteropathy
Location: Senegal
Groundnut shellers

Distributing Nut Shellers to Reduce Women’s Labor in Northern Ghana

SPRING is distributing nut shellers to communities in Northern Ghana as a demonstration of their ability to save labor for female groundnut and shea nut farmers.

Keywords: Aflatoxin, Agriculture, Dietary diversity, Enteropathy, Farmer nutrition school, Gender
Location: Ghana
Top of the poster presented at this event

SPRING/Ghana Presents WASH 1,000 at the 39th Annual Water Engineering and Development Centre Conference

SPRING/Ghana’s WASH 1,000 approach was featured in a presentation and poster session at the annual WEDC conference.

Keywords: Clean household approach, Community mobilization, Enteropathy, Handwashing, Integration, Malnutrition, Multi-sector, Social and behavior change communication, Stunting, Thousand days, Water, sanitation, and hygiene
Location: Ghana

Success Stories

A man stands outside a round latrine structure with a thatched roof.

Bringing Health to Neighbors through Better Hygiene

Residents of the Toroyili community of Ghana’s Tolon District now regularly practice the good hygiene they need for better nutrition and health. But that wasn’t always the case.

Keywords: Thousand days, Handwashing, Enteropathy, Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Social and behavior change communication
Location: Ghana

Galleries

Groundnut shellers in the country office ready to be delivered to the districts.

Nut Shellers in Northern Ghana

SPRING is distributing a limited number of nut shellers to communities in Northern Ghana as a demonstration of their ability to save labor for female groundnut and shea nut farmers.

Keywords: Aflatoxin, Agriculture, Dietary diversity, Enteropathy, Farmer nutrition school, Gender
Location: Ghana

Reports

Woman and child washing hands using a Tippy Tap.

Use of Tippy Taps and Handwashing Practices in Southern Bangladesh: Qualitative Study

In June 2014, SPRING/Bangladesh conducted a tippy tap and handwashing study in 120 households in the Khulna and Barisal divisions of Bangladesh. Our primary objective with this study was to...

Keywords: Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Handwashing, Farmer nutrition school, Enteropathy
Location: Bangladesh

Resource Review Summaries

The Biology of the First 1,000 Days

This book, which is free to download at the link below, examines the first 1,000 days and the impact of exposure to malnutrition, environmental enteropathies, and hormonal and other...

Keywords: Anemia, Thousand days, Enteropathy

The Nexus of WASH & Nutrition Community of Practice Literature Update

The February 2014 edition of the WASH/Nutrition Literature Update included a wide range of articles, including a study that examines the relationship between WASH, environmental enteropathy...

Keywords: Enteropathy, Water, sanitation, and hygiene