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RISE-Ghana, a non-governmental organisation in the Upper East Region has commended UNICEF-Ghana and the Chinese Government for investing in nutrition in North East Region.
According to the NGO, with COVID-19 ravaging people’s lives and livelihoods, initiatives aimed at providing coping mechanisms, reducing vulnerabilities, boosting people immunity and reducing inequality must be highly commended and up scaled.
Background
To bolster efforts being made by the Government of Ghana in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, China has donated US$ 1 million to help improve newborn care and child health, prevent, detect and treat severe acute malnutrition. Ghana is one of six countries receiving financial support within the framework of the China-UNICEF cooperation against COVID-19 through China’s South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund.