Goal

By 2025, the Government of Ghana will reduce the prevalence of iron deficiency (ID) in children under 5 years of age from 21.5% in 2017 to 15%

FROM Commitment: Nutrition for Growth Commitments

Government / Ghana

National Development Planning Commission

Partner organisations:
Private sector food business : SUN Business Network
Country government at any administrative level: Ghanaian Government (Ministries, Departments and Agencies)
Multilateral organisations, including United Nations (UN) agencies: SUN UN Network/Donor Network
Academic or non-academic research institution: Academia, Science and Research Institutes (SUN Academic Platform)
Civil society organisation (CSO) or non-governmental organisation (NGO): SUN Civil Society Network
Date made: 08 Dec 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Verification status Verified Find out more
NAF SMARTness index High Find out more
Targeted location National - Ghana
Targeted population Specific population group(s)
Targeted population age Specific age group(s)
Targeted population specific age Children under 5 years
Targeted population sex All
Primary indicator Prevalence of iron deficiency (ID) in children under 5 years of age
Primary indicator baseline 0.215
Primary indicator target 0.15
Duration January, 2022 - December, 2025

Goal action plan

Increase the effective coverage of essential nutrition services; vitamin A supplementation in children 12-59months from 35.3% to 80%, IFA/multiple micro-nutrient supplementation in pregnant women from 61% to 80%; and IFA supplementation in adolescent girls from 27% to 80%.

Invest and strengthen capacities of service providers at all levels to deliver maternal nutrition care services during pregnancy, breastfeeding and complementary feeding counselling and nutrition friendly school initiative and that they receive integrated, supportive supervision and mentoring that builds capacity to deliver these interventions

Ensure that NHIS integrate nutrition interventions including micronutrition supplementation of WRA, management of acute malnutrition.

Ensure that essential, quality assured nutrition commodities for prevention and treatment of malnutrition are included in the national essential medicines lists and are available, affordable, accessible, and properly administered through the health system, including through communities and school platforms

Ensure that national health information systems include indicators to track the coverage and quality of essential nutrition actions

Nutrition Action Classification

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

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