Dear AfroNets,
In 2013, the USAID Global Health Bureau asked the Strengthening Partnerships, Results and Innovation in Nutrition Globally project (SPRING) to collaborate with and provide nutrition and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)-related social and behavior change communication (SBCC) support to the Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel–Enhanced Resilience (REGIS-ER) project. The collaboration between REGIS-ER and SPRING focuses specifically on improving health and nutrition status.
This collection of four publications follow this one-year initiative from assessment to completion.
*SBCC in the Sahel - A Landscape Assessment of Nutrition and Hygiene Social and Behavior Change Communication in Niger and Burkina Faso
<https://www.spring-nutrition.org/intranet/blog/resource-highlight-sbcc-sahel-landscape-assessment-nutrition-and-hygiene-social-and>\*
This 2014 landscape analysis consolidates existing information used to support or develop maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) and hygiene-related SBCC programs in Niger and Burkina Faso; identifies issues, opportunities, and gaps in programming; identifies existing platforms on which new programs can potentially build; and suggests specific recommendations to REGIS-ER based on these findings. Read the full analysis here <https://www.spring-nutrition.org/publications/reports/sbcc-sahel>
*Informing Video Topics and Content on Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition and Handwashing*
In light of an earlier, successful collaboration, SPRING decided that the community video approach used by Digital Green—which previously focused on
the promotion of improved agricultural behaviors in India— could be tested for the resilience context of the Sahel. SPRING conducted a situational analysis and formative research to inform the content of community videos to be filmed in Guidan Roumdji communes and disseminated in Guidan Roumdji and Aguie communes. Read the analysis results here
<https://www.spring-nutrition.org/publications/reports/informing-video-topics-and-content-maternal-infant-and-young-child-nutrition>
*SPRING/Digital Green Collaboration Progress Report
<https://www.spring-nutrition.org/publications/reports/springdigital-green-collaboration-progress-report>\*
In 2015, SPRING and Digital Green began applying their innovative “human-mediated digital learning approach” to promote high-impact maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) and hygiene practices in partnership with three projects in the Maradi region of Niger. With this pilot project in Niger, SPRING and DG evaluated whether the community video approach that was successful in India is feasible and acceptable in the resilience context of Niger. This report details the results of this one year pilot project in Niger. Read the full report here
<https://www.spring-nutrition.org/publications/reports/springdigital-green-collaboration-progress-report>
*Seeing is Believing: Evidence from a Community Video Approach for
Nutrition and Hygiene Behaviors in Niger*
Following a successful collaboration in India, SPRING and Digital Green (DG) have built partnerships with existing community groups and introduced an innovative community media approach to address the nutrition, health, and livelihoods needs of communities in Niger. This report presents results from a mixed-methods evaluation on the acceptability, effectiveness, and scalability of the SPRING and DG community-led video approach on MIYCN and hygiene behaviors in Niger. Read the full report here
<https://www.spring-nutrition.org/publications/reports/seeing-believing>
Thanks,
Antonia Dheming
mailto:antonia_dheming@jsi.com