1 / 13

MID TERM REVIEW MEETING OF ECOWAS NUTRITION FOCAL POINTS BOBO DIOULASSO, AUGUST 21-23 2007

MID TERM REVIEW MEETING OF ECOWAS NUTRITION FOCAL POINTS BOBO DIOULASSO, AUGUST 21-23 2007 COUNTRY EXPERIENCE WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF CAP VERDE RECOMMENDATIONS GHANA

Ava
Download Presentation

MID TERM REVIEW MEETING OF ECOWAS NUTRITION FOCAL POINTS BOBO DIOULASSO, AUGUST 21-23 2007

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. MID TERM REVIEW MEETING OF ECOWAS NUTRITION FOCAL POINTS BOBO DIOULASSO, AUGUST 21-23 2007 COUNTRY EXPERIENCE WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF CAP VERDE RECOMMENDATIONS GHANA

  2. Rec. 1- To create awareness and strengthen institutional capacity and inter sectoral collaboration and leadership at national, and community levels for accelerating action to address the double burden of malnutrition. • Program responsible for non communicable diseases already established in Disease Control Unit, Public Health Division • Awareness creation & planning workshops (2) held for national and regional level persons to create awareness and initiate plan organized by the program • Issue regularly raised in addresses of immediate past Director Gen-GHS • Reduce oil content in foods especially stews • Exercise regularly • Instituted morning jogging at GHS residential conferences/meetings

  3. Rec. 1- To create awareness and strengthen institutional capacity and inter sectoral collaboration and leadership at national, and community levels for accelerating action to address the double burden of malnutrition. • Feature articles/columns in many newspapers especially weekend papers • Healthy lifestyle discussions & exercises on TV morning shows • Keep Fit clubs formed in many communities especially urban areas (jogging mostly in the morning on weekends) • Group of doctors obtained permission from Education authorities for awareness creation (& quiz competition) in second cycle institutions • Nutrition Unit contributed to development of manual for the program

  4. Rec. 2- To include data on obesity, diabetes and other diet related non communicable diseases in demographic and health surveys. • Data on obesity in 2003 demographic and health survey • One staff nominated to participate in planning process and training data collectors in DHS • Non communicable disease program plan to do national survey

  5. Rec. 3- To give priority to interventions which target the window of opportunity from pre-conception to around 24 months of age, the critical period when the foundation for life long health is determined. • Implemented community based growth promotion with on 2-23 months age group in 40 pilot communities in 4 districts • Initiative being expanded into 65 districts (Nutrition and Malaria Control for Child Survival Project) • Reproductive and Child Health Unit organized series of meetings on neonatal & new born care

  6. Rec 4.-To develop and implement institutional cross-cutting policies and actions which address the double burden of malnutrition (1). • Formulated new nutrition strategic document-Imagine Ghana Free of Malnutrition for period 2007-2011. • Formulation by multi sectoral group. • To serve as rallying point for ministries, departments and agencies to solve problem of malnutrition • Preliminary national dissemination in 2006 • Has one strategic objective which addresses obesity (reduce obesity by 1/3 in all physiologic groups)

  7. Rec 4.-To develop and implement institutional cross-cutting policies and actions which address the double burden of malnutrition (2). • New MOH Policy for next Prog. Of Work (2007-2011) focus on Prevention & health Promotion • Stresses on promoting nutrition and healthy lifestyle • Introduced Regenerative Health and Nutrition (RHN) Project • Multi-sectoral committee led by Nutrition Unit adapted a manual for training on RHN • Persons responsible appointed in MOH & Nutrition Unit • Facilitator in regional trainings

  8. Rec. 5- To urge communities and schools, including pre-schools, to be nutrition and physical activity-friendly, in order to promote health and well being throughout life.

  9. Rec.6- To promote the production, processing, preservation and consumption of local foods, for safe and balanced diets at all season and promote food fortification and micronutrient supplementation when and where needed. • Initiatives to fortify: • wheat flour & maize meal with Vit. A B1, B2, iron, zinc • Vegetable oil with vit. A • Sponsored by GAIN (wheat flour, veg oil) • WFP (maize meal)

  10. Wheat flour/vegetable oil fortification • National program • GAIN sponsorship with supply of fortificant to industry for first 3 months • Formed National Food Fortification Alliance (NFFA) – multi sectoral committee of public private partnership (govt agencies, industry, civil society) • NFFA planning & coordinating function • Fortification of flour/vegetable oil started July,2007 • Formative research on going for dev of communication strategy • Yet to get amendment of food law passed by parliament

  11. Maize meal fortification • WFP sponsored, as exit strategy • Pilot in 2 communities in WFP program areas • Support women’s groups with corn milling machines, micronutrient feeders/mixing machine & fortificant • Developing radio program to create awareness

  12. Rec. 7- To adapt and integrate into maternal and child health services the new WHO Child Growth Charts. • Established a multi sectoral New Growth Chart Implementation Committee- (Ghana Health Service, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dept. of Nutrition & Food Science-Univ of Ghana, WHO, UNICEF -2006 • Disseminated WHO new growth standards at annual retreats of Public Health Division & Reproductive and Child Health Unit and adopted recommendation for separate curves for sexes • Re-print of child health record book bearing growth chart suspended until new chart is developed • Sub committee developed new growth chart (W/A. z-scores, 0.2kg divisions)

  13. Key Challenges / Opportunities Challenges • Securing appropriate forum to share recommendations • Few staff at national level • Overload due to multiplying programs / activities Opportunities • Favourable Health Policy • Immediate past Director Gen-GHS, current Minister for Health-nutrition advocates

More Related