<<Print>>

A national child nutrition campaign, �Aduane Pa Ma Asetena Pa� (Good Food for Good Life) has been launched in Accra by the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service. This campaign aims at improving feeding practices, especially when the child is six months old to help ensure that every child gets the best start in life. The �Good Food for Good Life� campaign is supported by the U.S. Government through the U.S. Agency for International Development�s (USAID) Behavior Change Support (BCS) Project. Malnutrition among young children has consequences on a child�s growth and development, potentially leading to impaired brain development, learning problems, physical weakness and poor motor skills. About four out of every five Ghanaian children under five years old have anemia. Also, three out of every five Ghanaian women of childbearing age have anemia. �The importance of good nutrition, especially during early childhood, cannot be underestimated towards achieving the full potential of our people and our nation. This is why Ghana has taken a leadership role in the Scaling Up Nutrition, (SUN) Framework, and is one of the leading nations among the SUN �early riser� countries. With the �Aduane Pa Ma Asetena Pa� campaign, we take another large step forward towards achieving our nutrition goals,� said the Honorable Deputy Minister of Health, Mr. Rojo Mettle Nunoo.