By 2025, the Government of Ghana will increase the percentage of early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour from 52% in 2017 to 80%, led by the Ministries of Health; and Gender, Children and Social Protection.

Nutrition for Growth Commitments

The Government of Ghana is pleased to submit its commitments to the Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 (N4G). These commitments are in line with national priorities, the N4G Principles for Engagement, as well as the three core areas, relating to food systems, universal health coverage, and resilience. The priority focus with respect to resilience will be on the northern regions where the more significant impacts of climate change, longer dry seasons and limited irrigation facilities, and low numbers of health professionals have led to a generally higher prevalence of nutrition and health challenges compared to the rest of the country. Commitments have also been made in relation to the cross-cutting issues of finance and data-driven accountability. Several of the commitments are aligned with the SDG targets 2.2 and 3.4 and those of the World Health Assembly.