Commitment

Reduce childhood wasting

Government / Ghana

January 2024 — December 2030

Description

By 2030, the Government of Ghana will scale up evidence-based, multi-sectoral nutrition interventions to reduce childhood wasting to less than 3% from 6.2% in 2011

GNR assessment

Verification status
Pending verification
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SMARTness index

Details

Target population characteristic
  • Age or life course stage/status
  • Gender identity
Global nutrition target(s)
Childhood wasting
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Impact > Undernutrition
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Linked event(s)
  • 2025 Paris N4G Summit
  • 2025 UN Food Systems Summit/Stocktaking
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Nutrition, health and social protection

Measurement

Key indicator Prevalence of wasting in children (0-59 months)
Measurement plan Use data collected by others
Value Measurement date
Baseline 6.2% December 2011
Target 3% December 2030

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