Infant and young child feeding
Job Aids and Tools
This two-page job aid helps community volunteers in Nigeria conduct community infant and young child feeding (C-IYCF) support groups after they receive their training on IYCF.
SPRING developed and produced a Kyrgyz-language booklet for mothers entitled “Nutrition & Development of Children Under Two Years of Age,” in coordination with the government of the...
Activities
Completed database of health facilities plus target communities for the fiscal years of 2015 and 2016.
Findings to guide SPRING’s work to strengthen nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Guinea
SPRING conducts trainings for health care providers to improve the quality and quantity of nutrition services and counselling throughout the Kyrgyz Republic.
Location: Haiti
News
Drs. Pérez-Escamilla and Lamstein recently conducted a mid-process assessment of implementation of the C-IYCF Counseling Package in Kajuru LGA, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Location: Nigeria
U.S. Ambassador Jackson visits the community-based health planning and services compound in Kasuliyili
International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) Africa, in collaboration with IBFAN Uganda and the Government of Uganda, hosted the IBFAN Africa Regional Conference 2016 in Kampala.
Location: Uganda
SPRING/Haiti praised trainings and information gained during the project and will continue toward NACS and IYCF goals.
Location: Haiti
Galleries
SPRING traveled to Kajuru LGA, Kaduna State, to conduct a mid-process assessment of the implementation of the Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (C-IYCF) counseling package in Nigeria...
Location: Nigeria
A pictorial review of SPRING's work in Nigeria over three years of implementation.
Location: Nigeria
Through 20 training courses, SPRING/Nigeria built the capacity of USAID OVC staff to deliver IYCF best practices.
SPRING/Uganda launches new campaign to improve parents’ nutrition practices toward their young children.
Location: Uganda
Training Materials
Le « Guide provisoire du facilitateur pour la formation du personnel de santé dans les établissements sanitaires » fournit certes une base pour renforcer les capacités de ces derniers à...
Cette « Formation sur site pour le personnel de santé: Assistance-Conseil sur l’Alimentation du Nourrisson et du Jeune Enfant (ANJE)» a été développée avec le support du projet SPRING, en...
Location: Haiti
The training aims to empower Peace Corps Staff, Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs), and Community Volunteers (CVs) with knowledge and proven-effective messages on women’s nutrition, infant and...
The training aims to empower Peace Corps Staff, Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs), and Community Volunteers (CVs) with knowledge and proven-effective messages on women’s nutrition, infant and...
The training aims to empower Peace Corps Staff, Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs), and Community Volunteers (CVs) with knowledge and proven-effective messages on women’s nutrition, infant and...
The training aims to empower Peace Corps Staff, Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs), and Community Volunteers (CVs) with knowledge and proven-effective messages on women’s nutrition, infant and...
Success Stories
At birth, Nyepesi lost her mother to HIV. She was left in the care of her grandmother, Maza Akaba, who lives in Ichecheni community, 10 kilometers from Nyepesi’s home in Lafia, Nigeria. No...
Recognizing the need for better feeding practices in Utagban, two USAID-funded projects are collaborating to provide nutrition training in the community.SPRING used UNICEF and World Health...
SPRING/Nigeria collaborated with Nigeria’s Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MOWA), and the USAID-funded STEER project to roll out the community infant and young child...
Videos
The community health worker, Koni, is making house visits and finds a young child with diarrhea. The child’s mother, Larai, believes it is because the child is teething and does not take...
Wasila does not feel well, so her mother-in-law and husband take her to the health center, where she learns that she is one-month pregnant. The health worker advises her on practices she...
Chima runs into her neighbors on the way to the field, and her neighbor, Rakiya, explains that she is carrying a snack to the field for her baby to eat, even though her baby has already had...
Location: Niger, Sahel
A woman prepares porridge for her baby, and asks her husband to feed the child while she goes out.
Location: Niger, Sahel
Reports
Recognizing the need for training health care workers (HCW), the gap in knowledge related to effective training approaches, and the extensive resources that are invested in trainings, we...
Location: Haiti
Case Studies
The intervention uses mass media, including television commercials, and community mobilization through social activities centered on women’s groups.
Location: Indonesia
A&T implements multi-component programs that make strategic use of data to plan, assess, and evaluate program impact to improve child feeding practices. The aim is to disseminate the...
Location: Ethiopia, Vietnam, Bangladesh