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USAID Advancing Nutrition worked in Ghana from June 2020 to December 2023. In partnership with the Government of Ghana, we provided technical support and assessment services to improve district planning for equitable delivery of services that promoted household resilience and early childhood growth and development. We aimed 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 gathered 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 captured experiences and learning about growth monitoring and promotion approaches in Ghana.

Featured Resources

 
A selection of resources published by USAID Advancing Nutrition

USAID Advancing Nutrition Ghana: Strengthening National Efforts to Improve Nutrition

Informational Infographic Ghana English
This brochure in English describes USAID Advancing Nutrition's work with the government of the Ghana as it seeks to address malnutrition in the country.

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Landscape Analysis of Anemia and Anemia Programming in Northern Ghana

Landscape Analysis Ghana English
The purpose of this landscape analysis was to better understand the status of anemia, likely causes of anemia, and current anemia programming in the four regions of northern Ghana (Northern, Upper East, Upper West, and North East regions).

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USAID Advancing Nutrition Ghana Fact Sheet

Country Profile Ghana English
This two-page fact sheet describes USAID Advancing Nutrition's support advancing the Government of Ghana’s efforts to improve district planning for the equitable delivery of services that promote household resilience and early childhood growth and development.

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Supporting Children to Thrive: Using the Responsive Care and Early Learning Addendum to Improve Child Nutrition and Development

Brief Ghana Kyrgyz Republic English
This brief summarizes cross-country learnings around the development, adaptation and implementation of the RCEL Addendum.

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District-Level Nutrition and Resilience Expenditure Analysis in Northern Ghana: Key Findings and Recommendations

Technical Report Ghana English
Ghana has identified nutrition as a cornerstone of its human capital development efforts. To sustain and scale up the country’s efforts to improve the nutritional status of women and children, sustainable funding for effective nutrition and resilience activities at high coverage is needed.

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Mainstreaming Food and Nutrition Security into Local Government Development Plans: Key Results and Lessons from Northern Ghana

Brief Ghana English
As part of efforts to address malnutrition, USAID Advancing Nutrition supported 17 Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in northern Ghana to develop their 2022–2025 medium-term development plans (MTDPs) and integrate food and nutrition security (FNS) actions into these plans.

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Strengthening Village Savings and Loans Associations and Mother-to-Mother Support Groups to Improve Household Nutrition and Resilience: Key results and lessons from USAID Advancing Nutrition’s work in Northern Ghana

Brief Ghana English
USAID Advancing Nutrition worked with the Government of Ghana to strengthen the capacity of village savings and loans associations (VSLAs) and mother-to-mother support groups (MTMSGs) in 17 districts in northern Ghana to integrate VSLA (village savings and loans associations) with nutrition activ

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Testing the Responsive Care and Early Learning Counseling Package to Improve Early Childhood Outcomes through Nutrition Services in Ghana and the Kyrgyz Republic

Presentation/Poster Ghana Kyrgyz Republic English
This poster outlines a package of responsive care and early learning materials developed to integrate components of nurturing care into nutrition and health services.

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USAID Advancing Nutrition Ghana Integration of Food and Nutrition Security into District Medium-Term Development Plans

Technical Report Ghana English
Ghana has made some progress towards reducing malnutrition in recent years, but it remains a key development concern and requires a multi-sectoral approach to planning, financing, and coordinating actions to tackle it.

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Landscape Analysis of Anemia and Anemia Programming in Northern Ghana

Landscape Analysis Ghana English
The purpose of this landscape analysis was to better understand the status of anemia, likely causes of anemia, and current anemia programming in the four regions of northern Ghana (Northern, Upper East, Upper West, and North East regions).

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News

Helping Children Thrive: How a Flow Chart Is Improving Integrated Counseling on Nutrition And Nurturing Care in Ghana

Recognizing contextual challenges with counseling that often go unaddressed (e.g., limited time, heavy workloads, practical integration of nurturing care), USAID Advancing Nutrition partnered with…

Learning Event Commemorates Three Years of Advancing Nutrition in Ghana

USAID Advancing Nutrition hosted a learning event in Bolgatanga, marking the end of three years of project implementation in northern Ghana focused on improving multi-sectoral nutrition planning and…

Promoting Responsive Care and Early Learning Practices in Ghana for Holistic Child Growth and Development

USAID Advancing Nutrition worked with the Ghana Health Service to test the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of integrating responsive care and early learning.
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