CSPS Seminar on "Driving Change in Ghana's Nutrition: Policy Processes and Gaps"

Ghana is on course to meet the UN target of a 5 per cent reduction in the number of stunted children by 2025. The country has also made some progress in reducing wasting, low birth weight, and anaemia among women of reproductive age. Despite these achievements, it is far from reaching the global targets for exclusive breastfeeding, obesity in the life cycle stages, high blood pressure and diabetes among men and women, and women's sodium intake. Nutrition policies are inevitable to address the growing burden of malnutrition in Ghana. This presentation discusses the policies shaping the state of nutrition in Ghana. It focuses on Ghana's nutrition trajectory, the policy outcomes, and gaps in reaching optimal nutrition.