Comprehensive Costing in Micronutrient Supplementation
A community health worker shows a mother the MNP adherence calendar, Namutumba, Uganda.
Uganda
Capital city
Kampala
Latitude
0.32
Longitude
32.57
Geo
POINT (32.57 0.32)
Country Boundaries
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USAID Nutrition Profile
Translating Evidence into Policy
Getting nutrition commitments cemented into other sectors' plans and strategies at global, national and program levels will demand lengthy and sensitive negotiation, backed up wi
The Potential to Improve Nutrition through the Use of Fortified Maize Flour in Schools in Uganda
Executive Summary
Background
Malnutrition among adolescents can adversely affect health and productivity in adult life; among school-going children, micronutrient deficiencies such as iron-deficiency anemia can reduce overall learning ability and concentration.
Uganda Final Country Report
Executive Summary
The SPRING project, funded by USAID, launched activities in Uganda in April 2012, to work toward reductions in stunting and maternal and child anemia and proportion of children and adults with severe acute malnutrition.
SPRING’s major accomplishments in Uganda fall into five categories:
Farm Production Diversity and Dietary Quality: Linkages and Measurement Issues
Food Security, 2018.
ICTs for Nutrition, Agriculture, and Time Use - Can We Do Better Than 24-hour Recall?
Secure Nutrition, February 2018.
Does Ownership of Improved Dairy Cow Breeds Improve Child Nutrition? A Pathway Analysis for Uganda
PLOS ONE, 2017.
Multi-Sectoral Anemia Efforts at the National Level in Uganda
Executive Summary
Anemia, a widespread public health problem, affects nearly 25 percent of the world’s population and undermines countries’ progress in health and economic development.