Nutrition Policy and Programs in Ghana : The Limitation of a Single Sector Approach
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 tha...
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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 |
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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 Ghartey, Adom Baisie Nutrition Policy and Programs in Ghana : The Limitation of a Single Sector Approach |
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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. |
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Ghartey, Adom Baisie |
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Ghartey, Adom Baisie |
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Ghartey, Adom Baisie |
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Nutrition Policy and Programs in Ghana : The Limitation of a Single Sector Approach |
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Nutrition Policy and Programs in Ghana : The Limitation of a Single Sector Approach |
| title_full |
Nutrition Policy and Programs in Ghana : The Limitation of a Single Sector Approach |
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Nutrition Policy and Programs in Ghana : The Limitation of a Single Sector Approach |
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Nutrition Policy and Programs in Ghana : The Limitation of a Single Sector Approach |
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nutrition policy and programs in ghana : the limitation of a single sector approach |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/540101467990381054/Ghana-Nutrition-policy-and-programs-in-Ghana-the-limitation-of-a-single-sector-approach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27590 |
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okr-10986-275902021-04-23T14:04:43Z Nutrition Policy and Programs in Ghana : The Limitation of a Single Sector Approach Ghartey, Adom Baisie 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 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. 2017-07-17T19:34:12Z 2017-07-17T19:34:12Z 2010-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/540101467990381054/Ghana-Nutrition-policy-and-programs-in-Ghana-the-limitation-of-a-single-sector-approach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27590 English en_US Health, Nutrition and Population Discussion Paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Ghana |