USAID Advancing Nutrition began working in Ghana in June 2020. In partnership with the Government of Ghana, we provide technical support and assessment services to improve district planning for equitable delivery of services that promote household resilience and early childhood growth and development. We aim to—
- improve country coordination for nutrition and resilience
- strengthen multi-sectoral collaboration to develop guidance and tools for food security and nutrition to inform the Government’s medium-term development plan
- strengthen district-level decision-making on program planning, financing, and implementation for nutrition and resilience
- strengthen local government to integrate multi-sectoral, evidence-based nutrition strategies in district development plans.
We also gather evidence to guide investments that USAID, the Government of Ghana, and other stakeholders make in early childhood development services for children ages 0–3 years, and we capture experiences and learning about growth monitoring and promotion approaches in Ghana.
Activities
Strengthening Growth Monitoring and Promotion
Conducting a two-country case study to understand best practices and approaches to strengthen GMP
News
2021 was a “Year of Action” for nutrition. For USAID Advancing Nutrition, that meant expanding our work to support local ownership of multi-sectoral nutrition programs in 11 countries.
With support from USAID Advancing Nutrition, Ghana’s National Development Planning Commission has developed the Ghana Multi-Sector Food and Nutrition Security Guidelines, a critical resource for…
A national learning event took place in Accra, Ghana, to improve coordination of food and nutrition security interventions in the country.