Nutrition Policy and Programs in Ghana

Although Sub-Saharan Africa has some of the worst nutrition indicators in the world, nutrition remains a low priority on the policy agendas of many African governments. This despite the fact that proven interventions are known and available and that investment in them is considered a cost-effective strategy for poverty reduction. This case study is one in a series seeking to understand (1) what keeps African governments from committing fully to reducing malnutrition, and (2) what is required for full commitment. It documents how the Ghanaian government has addressed the issue of malnutrition since Independence, examines what political and institutional factors have prevented full commitment, and identifies what conditions have moved the nutrition agenda forward at different points in time. The primary objective of this study as well as the series as a whole is to help African governments, development partners, and nutrition and health practitioners identify, understand and address the political and institutional obstacles preventing sustainable progress in nutrition.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Ghartey, Adom Baisie
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2010-06
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION, AGED, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, ANAEMIA, BABY, BEHAVIOUR CHANGE, BREAST FEEDING, BREAST MILK, BREASTFEEDING, CANTEENS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, CAREGIVERS, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD NUTRITION, CHILD WELFARE, CLINICS, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY HEALTH, COMPLEMENTARY FOODS, COOKING, COUNSELLING, DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES, DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT PLANS, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DIABETES, DISASTERS, DISSEMINATION, DRUGS, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY CHILDHOOD MORTALITY, EATING HABITS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, EMPLOYMENT CREATION, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, EXERCISES, FAMILIES, FAMILY HEALTH, FAMINE, FEEDING PROGRAMMES, FERTILITY, FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS, FOOD CONFERENCE, FOOD HYGIENE, FOOD INTAKE, FOOD PREPARATION, FOOD RESEARCH, FOOD SCIENCE, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD STORAGE, FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION, FOOD SUPPLEMENTS, GOITRE, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, GROWTH MONITORING, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH EDUCATION, HEALTH FOR ALL, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH PLANNING, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH PROMOTION, HEALTH RESEARCH, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH WORKERS, HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HIV, HOME VISITS, HOSPITAL, HOSPITALS, HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, HUNGER, HYGIENE, HYPERTENSION, IDD, ILLNESSES, IMMUNIZATION, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, IMPORTANT POLICY, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INFANT, INTERNATIONAL AGENDA, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUTRITION, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION, INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS, INTERNATIONAL GOALS, IODINE, IODINE DEFICIENCY, IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS, IRON, IRON DEFICIENCIES, LACTATING MOTHERS, LAWS, MALARIA, MALNOURISHED CHILDREN, MALNUTRITION, MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN, MALNUTRITION RATES, MANDATES, MATERNAL DEATHS, MCH, MEASLES, MEDIA COVERAGE, MEDICAL ATTENTION, MENTAL HEALTH, MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES, MICRONUTRIENTS, MIDWIFE, MIDWIVES, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MINISTERS OF HEALTH, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MOTHER, NATIONAL CAPACITY, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL LEVELS, NATIONAL PLAN, NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION, NATIONAL POLICIES, NATIONAL POLICY, NATIONAL STRATEGY, NEWBORNS, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, NURSES, NUTRIENT, NUTRITION, NUTRITION DEFICIENCIES, NUTRITION EDUCATION, NUTRITION INDICATORS, NUTRITION INFORMATION, NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, NUTRITION POLICIES, NUTRITION POLICY, NUTRITION PROGRAMMES, NUTRITION PROGRAMS, NUTRITION REHABILITATION, NUTRITION SERVICES, NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES, NUTRITIONAL NEEDS, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, NUTRITIONISTS, OBESITY, PEM, PLAN OF ACTION, POLICY DECISIONS, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, POLICY ELITES, POLICY FORMULATION, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY MAKING PROCESS, POLICY PROCESSES, POLIO, POLITICAL ACTIVISTS, POLITICAL PARTIES, POOR NUTRITION, POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT, POPULATION SECTOR, PRACTITIONERS, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, PROGRESS, PROTEIN, PROTEIN ENERGY MALNUTRITION, PUBLIC HEALTH, QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY OF LIFE, RADIO, RADIO STATIONS, REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY, REGIONAL HOSPITAL, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SAFE MOTHERHOOD, SALT IODIZATION, SANITATION, SCHOOL AGE, SCHOOL ENROLMENT, SCHOOL LEVELS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL WELFARE, SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING, TELEVISION, TRAINING WOMEN, TUBERCULOSIS, TV, UNDERNUTRITION, URBAN AREAS, VITAMIN, VITAMIN A, VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY, VITAMINS, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WEANING FOODS, WORKERS, WORLD FOOD CONFERENCE, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, WORLD SUMMIT FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG CHILD, YOUNG CHILDREN,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/540101467990381054/Ghana-Nutrition-policy-and-programs-in-Ghana-the-limitation-of-a-single-sector-approach https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27590
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