Malnutrition

News

Market vegetable seller with her wares

SPRING Assists LEO Project in Guinea Post-Ebola Response Value Chain Analysis

In response to the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, SPRING accompanied LEO to provide a nutrition lens for its value chain assessment fieldwork.

Keywords: Dietary diversity, Malnutrition, Nutrition-sensitive
Location: Guinea

Galleries

Vegetable seller with her wares

SPRING Assists LEO Project in Guinea Post-Ebola Response Value Chain Analysis

In response to the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, SPRING accompanied LEO to provide a nutrition lens for its value chain assessment fieldwork.

Keywords: Dietary diversity, Malnutrition, Nutrition-sensitive
Location: Guinea
Young girls at market

SPRING Conducts Nutrition Assessment in Post-Ebola Guinea

In response to the Guinea Ebola outbreak, SPRING conducted a nutrition assessment to provide insights into nutrition status.

Keywords: Agriculture, Dietary diversity, Food security, Social and behavior change communication, Malnutrition, Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Nutrition-sensitive, Nutrition-specific
Location: Guinea

Briefs

A bustling market in Guatemala

Increasing Nutrition Sensitivity of Value Chains: A Review of Two Feed the Future Projects in Guatemala

Globally, there is a substantial evidence base for effective and cost-effective nutrition-specific interventions. These interventions include complementary feeding, general supportive...

Location: Guatemala

Events

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Ag2Nut Community Call: Nutrition Causal Analysis Tool from Action Contre La Faim

Since 2010, Action Contre la Faim (Action Against Hunger) and a scientific committee led by a small group of researchers (Tufts University, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement,...

Keywords: Malnutrition, Agriculture
Location: Online
Children sitting and eating at a table in a classroom

Learning from World Bank History: Food Based Approaches for Addressing Malnutrition

Anna Herforth, a lead author of the World Bank's SecureNutrition paper, presented an overview and unveiled a new ‘digital timeline’ online, letting audiences access the information in an...

Keywords: Nutrition-sensitive, Malnutrition, Agriculture
Location: Online
Screenshot of the Micronutrient Forum website

Micronutrient Forum - 2014

In June 2014, SPRING delegates attended the Micronutrient Forum—a global conference that brings together specialists from a wide array of sectors who share an interest in reducing...

Keywords: Malnutrition, Fortification, Supplementation
Location: Ethiopia
Ag2Nut Community Call: Addressing Malnutrition Multisectorally

Ag2Nut Community Call: Addressing Malnutrition Multisectorally

On November 19, 2013, SPRING hosted the Ag2Nut Community of Practice Webinar presentation by Jim Levinson, Yarlini Balarajan of UNICEF New York, Alessandra Marini of the World Bank and...

Keywords: Malnutrition, Multi-sector, Agriculture
Location: Online

Success Stories

Bibiana with her two granddaughters that she is raising.

"Great Mothers, Healthy Children” Campaign Helps a Community Improve Nutrition

At 57 years old, Bibiana is a seasoned Village Health Team member (VHT). She has served her community for over 30 years. She is a reputable “village doctor” and the first person whose...

Keywords: Stunting, Malnutrition, Breastfeeding, Community media, Social and behavior change communication
Location: Uganda

Activities

VHTs from Great Mothers campaign

Great Mothers, Healthy Children Campaign

In May 2013, SPRING/Uganda conducted emotion-based formative research investigating child feeding practices during and after illness and perceptions about malnutrition in the first two...

Keywords: Malnutrition, Infant and young child feeding
Location: Uganda

Reports

Survey Report Results on Nutrition Indicators from Six Districts in Southwest and East Central Uganda

Survey Report Results on Nutrition Indicators from Six Districts in Southwest and East Central Uganda

SPRING/Uganda conducted a baseline survey on nutrition, HIV, and child health-related indicators using the Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) methodology to guide program implementation...

Keywords: Anemia, Stunting, Malnutrition
Location: Uganda

Pages

Resource Review Summaries

United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN)

The United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN) is the food and nutrition policy harmonization forum of the United Nations. The mandate of the UNSCN is to promote...

Keywords: Malnutrition, Scale-up

2016 Global Hunger Index: Getting to Zero Hunger

The 2016 Global Hunger Index presents a multidimensional measure of national, regional, and global hunger, focusing on how the world can get to Zero Hunger by 2030. The developing world has...

Keywords: Malnutrition

Rani’s School of Nutrition: Children and Families Enjoy Better Health with Help from Farmer Nutrition Schools

This article features one community’s story of an innovative, community-focused approach to tackling malnutrition in rural Bangladesh through its Farmer Nutrition School pioneered by SPRING...

Keywords: Malnutrition, Farmer nutrition school, Agriculture
Location: Bangladesh

Nutrition for Growth II from Commitment to Action: Recommendations to Improve Nutrition through Agriculture and Food Systems

In light of the Nutrition for Growth Summit (N4GII) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 4th, 2016, this brief provides information and advice to help policymakers invest in effective...

Keywords: Malnutrition, Agriculture

Pulses for Food Security and Nutrition

The 68th UN General Assembly declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses. In the context of this campaign, FAO experts Teodardo Calles and Fernanda Grande hosted a webinar to present the...

Keywords: Food security, Agriculture, Nutrient-dense crops, Malnutrition

Evidence-Based Evolution of an Integrated Nutrition-Focused Agriculture Approach to Address the Underlying Determinants of Stunting

Young children remain the most vulnerable population to food insecurity--low birthweight and stunting continue to be among the most visible effects of malnutrition. Helen Keller...

Keywords: Stunting, Integration, Food security, Malnutrition

Educating and Training a Workforce for Nutrition in a Post-2015 World

Despite global progress, efforts to alleviate malnutrition are often hampered by a shortage in number, skills, and geographic coverage of a workforce for nutrition. This article reviews the...

Keywords: Malnutrition

Importance of Government Policies and Other Influences in Transforming Global Diets

Since 1992, the number of undernourished people in the world has remained about the same; however obesity has quickly become a major public health concern around the globe. This article...

Keywords: Malnutrition

Convergence and Tension in Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Market Development Activities

Despite inherent differences in program approaches and contexts, agricultural market development and nutrition activities must work together to address the immediate and underlying...

Keywords: Agriculture, Malnutrition

Assessing the Effectiveness of Agri-Food Value Chain: Interventions Aimed at Enhancing Consumption of Nutritious Food by the Poor

Despite rapid economic growth in recent years, South Asia still has among the highest child malnutrition rates in the world with half the child population undernourished. Besides children,...

Keywords: Malnutrition, Micronutrient, Agriculture
Location: Asia

The SDGs Will Require Integrated Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health at the Community Level

Child malnutrition is a complex issue requiring integrated approaches across sectors such as agriculture, nutrition, and health. While national-level efforts are underway in many countries...

Keywords: Malnutrition, Agriculture, Community mobilization

African Countries Urged to Eradicate Malnutrition

This news radio clip and associated article covers the FAO Africa Regional Nutrition Conference in Accra, which includes a speech by Dr. Anna Lartey, Director of the Nutrition Division of...

Keywords: Multi-sector, Malnutrition
Location: Ghana

Agreeing on Causes of Malnutrition for Joint Action

This interactive self-training tool is designed to deepen users’ understanding of the multisectoral causes of malnutrition and equip learners with broader participatory facilitation skills...

Keywords: Malnutrition

‘Invisible’ Crisis Scars Children for Life

This article features approaches to combat severe chronic malnutrition in Guatemala, some of which include agricultural practices. Other featured approaches include improved education,...

Keywords: Malnutrition
Location: Guatemala

Learning from World Bank History: Food Based Approaches for Addressing Malnutrition

In 2014, the World Bank’s SecureNutrition Platform, in collaboration with the World Bank Library and Archives of Development, led a review to present a summary on how agricultural and food-...

Keywords: Malnutrition

Magic Mash: Reducing Child Malnutrition with Sweet Potatoes

This article describes a project in sub Saharan Africa that is promoting biofortified orange-fleshed sweet potatoes (OFSP) to contribute to reducing malnutrition. The author explores the...

Keywords: Malnutrition

Effectiveness of a Rural Sanitation Programme on Diarrhoea, Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection, and Child Malnutrition in Odisha, India: A Cluster-Randomised Trial

This randomized control trial examined the effectiveness of a rural sanitation intervention to prevent diarrhea, soil-transmitted helminth infection, and child malnutrition in India....

Keywords: Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Malnutrition
Location: India

The 2014 SUN Movement Global Gathering & ICN2 Side Event

The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement has grown rapidly and now includes the countries that are home to half the world’s malnourished children. Over the years, the SUN Movement...

Keywords: Malnutrition, Scaling up nutrition

Poor Sanitation in India May Afflict Well-Fed Children With Malnutrition

This article examines the vexing question of why Indian children from relatively well-off families with an ample supply of nutritious food needed for a healthy diet still suffer from...

Keywords: Malnutrition
Location: India

Reducing Child Undernutrition: Past Drivers and Priorities for the Post-MDG Era

Working to update their previous IFPRI work, “Explaining Child Malnutrition in Developing Countries” (2000), Lisa Smith and Lawrence Haddad draw on data from 1970-2012 across 116 countries...

Keywords: Malnutrition, Water, sanitation, and hygiene, Women's empowerment

Undernutrition in the Land of Rice: Why There Should be a Nutrition Goal in the Post-2015 Framework – The Case for Cambodia

Cambodia has enjoyed positive economic growth over the last 2 decades. And yet, 40 percent of children under five remain stunted today—a rift between prosperity and nutrition that is often...

Keywords: Stunting, Malnutrition
Location: Cambodia

Widespread Childhood Malnutrition is a Paradox in Agriculturally Rich Guatemala

About half of Guatemala’s children will face physical or developmental challenges due to malnutrition, yet vegetables grown for export overflow in the countryside. Roger Thurow longtime...

Keywords: Malnutrition
Location: Guatemala

Community for Zero Hunger Practitioner Survey

The Community for Zero Hunger has created a 5-part survey targeted towards “individuals whose primary responsibility is shaping domestic policy, designing programs, and/or implementing food...

Keywords: Malnutrition, Agriculture

USAID Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy 2014-2025

USAID’s Nutrition Strategy embodies a multi-sectoral approach to address both direct and underlying causes of malnutrition. With this strategy, USAID aims to decrease chronic malnutrition,...

Keywords: Multi-sector, Stunting, Malnutrition, Resiliency

Household Food Insecurity and Nutritional Status of Children and Women in Nepal

This paper examines the association between food insecurity and nutritional status of children and married women in Nepal using DHS data. There is a significant association between food...

Keywords: Food security, Malnutrition
Location: Nepal

Incorporating Nutrition into Feed the Future Research Programs

This webinar provided an overview of the global malnutrition problem; the main approaches through which the agriculture sector can address malnutrition; some of the agriculture-related...

Keywords: Malnutrition, Agriculture
Location: Asia, Africa

A Farming Model Aimed at Addressing Malnutrition

This blog by Prasun Kumar Das of LANSA describes Farming Systems for Nutrition (FSN), a new farming model that has been developed with the expressed purpose of improving nutrition. It is...

Keywords: Malnutrition
Location: India

Multi-sectoral Approaches to Nutrition: Nutrition-Specific and Nutrition-Sensitive Interventions to Accelerate Progress

This overview from the Maternal and Young Child Nutrition Security Initiative in Asia outlines linkages between nutrition and a variety of development sectors. The brief re-examines the...

Keywords: Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, Multi-sector, Malnutrition, Nutrition-specific, Nutrition-sensitive
Location: Asia

Incorporating Nutrition into Feed the Future Research Programs, February 11

This webinar will provide an overview of the global malnutrition problem, the main approaches through which the agriculture sector can address malnutrition, some of the agriculture- related...

Keywords: Malnutrition
Location: Asia, Africa