Action Required To Tackle Malnutrition In Children- Rebecca Akufo-Addo
The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has raised concerns about the increasing rate of malnutrition in children in the country.
According to her, COVID-19 has exposed the weakness of “our food systems and it time to build a resilient system that work and can withstand shocks”.
Speaking during the launch of Ghana’s inception meeting in preparation towards the UN Food Systems Summit, she said Ghana needs to build robust systems despite “our progress made so far.”
Akufo-Addo also took the opportunity to call for a collective action of all stakeholders for a strong inter- sectoral linkages and cooperation.
According to her, the collaboration will generate innovative forward- thinking intervention to challenge existing policy framework.
“It is my prayer that all key stakeholders will get the opportunity to participate in all dialogues. I trust these dialogues will generate innovative forward-thinking intervention, to challenge existing policy framework in order to improve nutrition and promote healthy diets.”