Conference on ‘Nutrition dynamics in Africa: opportunities and challenges for meeting the sustainable development goals’

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dc.contributor.authorLaar, A.K.
dc.contributor.authorAryeetey, R.N.O.
dc.contributor.authorMpereh, M.
dc.contributor.authorZotor, F.B.
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-11T16:32:17Z
dc.date.available2024-10-11T16:32:17Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionResearch Article
dc.description.abstractSocial protection (SP) has been demonstrated as an effective tool against poverty and severe hunger. In Ghana, SP interventions have been employed to address vulnerability to poverty since 1965. Nevertheless, its potential for enhancing nutrition has hardly been explored. To harness the cross-sectoral benefits of scaling up nutrition-sensitive actions in Ghana, the The National Development Planning Commission requested an assessment of nutrition linkages across existing SP policies and programmes. The present paper presents gaps and opportunities for improving the nutrition-sensitivity of existing SP programming in Ghana. The evidence draws heavily on desk review of available published and grey literature. The data show that SP provides an entry point for mainstreaming nutrition into other programmes. However, designing and coupling SP programmes with nutrition programmes remains a challenge in Ghana. Local SP interventions are predominantly designed as standalone services and therefore are implemented independently of each other. To increase synergy between SP and nutrition, including nutrition as an explicit objective of SP policies/strategies is recommended
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1017/S0029665117001136
dc.identifier.urihttps://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/42616
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherProceedings of the Nutrition Society
dc.subjectNutrition
dc.subjectSocial protection
dc.subjectLinkages
dc.subjectSocial transfers
dc.titleConference on ‘Nutrition dynamics in Africa: opportunities and challenges for meeting the sustainable development goals’
dc.title.alternativeImproving nutrition-sensitivity of social protection programmes in Ghana
dc.typeArticle

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