Rise-Ghana commends UNICEF and the Chinese government for investing in nutrition in North East Region Listen to article
With COVID-19 ravaging people’s lives and livelihoods and an estimated 80,253 Ghanaians contracting the virus with 577 deaths, initiatives aimed at providing coping mechanisms, reducing vulnerabilities, boosting people immunity and reducing inequality must be highly commended and up scaled.
Even though evidence from the Global Nutrition report indicates that Ghana has made significant progress towards Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) targets by reducing anaemia among women of reproductive age to 46.4% among women aged 15-49 years, no progress has been made in achieving targets on exclusive breastfeeding as only 43% of infants aged 0-5 months are exclusively breastfed.