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Ghana National Nutrition Policy The National Nutrition Policy (July 2016), serves as a comprehensive framework and audit of Ghana’s nutrition landscape, outlining the strategies required to improve health outcomes across the life course. It emphasizes that optimum nutrition during the fetal and early childhood stages is critical for cognitive and …

Document Overview This document, published in the African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development in March 2022, provides a systematic rapid scoping review of Ghana’s nutrition and health policy landscape between 2010 and 2020. The review was commissioned as part of the process to develop national food-based dietary guidelines …

Ghana Policies, Interventions and Actions This document provides a concise overview of key nutrition- and health-related policies, interventions, and actions in Ghana. It highlights national efforts to promote healthier diets, prevent and manage non-communicable diseases, address malnutrition (including overweight and obesity), strengthen multi-sectoral coordination, promote breastfeeding, regulate breast-milk substitutes, and …

NutriShed Policy Brief: A New Tool for Nutrition-Sensitive Urban Planning in Ghana About the Policy Brief The NutriShed policy brief titled “NutriShed: A Framework for Strengthening Urban Nutrition Security in Ghana.” summarizes insights from a two-year project that tested a five-step approach for tracking how nutrients — not just food …

The medium-term national development policy framework for 2018-2021, Agenda for Jobs: The Medium-Term National Development Policy Framework (MTNDPF) serves as a multi-sectoral document aimed at implementing the vision, policies, and programs for Ghana’s economic and social development. Following the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDA II) from 2014-2017, this framework …