Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition

Reports

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This report summarizes findings from an endline survey carried out in February–March 2017, among 1,359 women in Jumgal district in Naryn oblast, parts of Jalalabad oblast, and Uzgen in Osh ...

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From 2014 to 2018, the SPRING project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), worked in Jalalabad and Naryn oblasts, as well as Bishkek, the capital city of the...

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During our three years of implementation, SPRING/Ghana carried out a successful multi-sectoral program to improve nutrition within the 15 districts of the Upper East and Northern regions...

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Adolescent girls in low-and-middle-income countries (LMIC) have poor nutrition profiles, including high risks for undernutrition, overweight/obesity, and micronutrient deficiencies. To...

Success Stories

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When SPRING community activist Chinara Mavlyanova learned that Rano and Zainalabid’s daughter-in-law, Eliza Rysalieva, was pregnant, she began visiting the household, teaching the family...

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In the Kyrgyz Republic, 35 percent of women of reproductive age (15–49 years) suffer from some form of anemia.

News

SPRING community volunteers sing a song about the importance of mothers.

On June 22, 2018, the USAID-funded SPRING project in the Kyrgyz Republic hosted an event in Bishkek to share important lessons and accomplishments of the project from 2014 to 2018. 

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SPRING's partnerships with local NGOs to promote UNICEF's IYCF Package, paired with evidence of its effectiveness, spurs government uptake beyond the life of the project

Galleries

Two community volunteers impersonate two babies as they perform a skit about the importance of appropriate complementary feeding.

SPRING in the Kyrgyz Republic hosted an event in Bishkek to share important lessons and accomplishments of the project from 2014 to 2018.

Training Materials

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The Maternal, Infant and Young Child Community Nutrition Training Package provides basic nutrition training for Community Service Providers (CSP) and Community Resource Persons (CRP) to...

Videos

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

Thumbnail image taken from the cooking video.

This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

Thumbnail image taken from the cooking video.

This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

Thumbnail image taken from the cooking video.

This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

Thumbnail image taken from the cooking video.

This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

Thumbnail image taken from the cooking video.

This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

Thumbnail image taken from the cooking video.

This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

Thumbnail image taken from the cooking video.

This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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This series of 15 videos, starring Chef Daniyar Derkembaev, includes nutritious recipes for young children (6 – 24 months) as well as some that are great for the whole family.

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SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic works with media partners and the Ministry of Health to develop and share videos on key nutrition messages across the country. This animated video contains key...

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SPRING/Kyrgyz Republic works with media partners and the Ministry of Health to develop and share videos on key nutrition messages across the country. This animated video contains key...

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Resource Review Summaries

FANTA’s legacy report highlights six years of technical assistance in Guatemala aiming to raise awareness of the need to invest in evidence-based nutrition services; strengthen...

In this blog, Johanna Wong, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Sydney, shares research findings from Timor-Leste about the promoters and inhibitors of animal source food consumption in...

Nutrition-sensitive interventions to improve overall diet quality are increasingly needed to improve maternal and child health. This study demonstrates feasibility of a structured process...

CORE Group will host the Spring 2017 Global Health Practitioner Conference, Integrated Approaches: The Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Key to Community Health, on April 20 – 21, 2017 in...

Approaches that improve women’s engagement in livestock value chains and their impact on women’s empowerment and maternal and child nutrition (MCN) can be powerful in improving women’s and...

The agriculture sector has a significant role to play in improving the nutritional status of women and children. Strengthening the link between agriculture and nutrition is critical to...

This study examines the feasibility of delivering maternal, infant, and young child nutrition behavior change communication through an innovative agricultural extension program serving...

In response to persistently poor maternal, newborn and child health indicators in low income countries, governments, non-governmental organizations and international donors have intensified...

Reducing stunting in South Asia requires the coordination of nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions, especially measures that lead to improved nutritional status for...

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...

Strong leadership has been identified as a common element of success within countries that have made rapid progress in tackling child and maternal undernutrition. This study of 89...

After reviewing 42 evaluations of agricultural interventions for improved maternal and child nutrition, the authors of this article identify three intervention typologies – enhancement,...

The 68th World Health Assembly (WHA) was held in Geneva, Switzerland, bringing together World Health Organization Member States to focus on key milestones for nutrition toward achieving the...

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...