Ghana has nutrition policies. Ghana has nutrition targets. Ghana has nutrition programmes spread across multiple ministries and dozens of implementing partners. What Ghana does not have is a single, empowered body responsible for leading, coordinating, and holding all this together. That is the gap a National Nutrition Council would fill, and stakeholders are calling for…
The event had four main objectives. It officially launched the Nourish Ghana social media advocacy campaign — an initiative designed to raise public awareness about Ghana’s double burden of malnutrition, where both under-nutrition and over-nutrition coexist. It also aimed to generate national conversation on practical, community-led solutions, particularly in areas such as food systems, home…
On July 10, 2025, WOMEC officially launched the Nourish Ghana Project Social Media Campaign with a webinar titled “Eat Smart, Live Strong: The Conversation on Nutrition.” The event served as both a platform for dialogue on nutrition challenges in Ghana and the official unveiling of the project’s online advocacy efforts. The session was chaired by Dr. Charity…
As part of activities under the Nourish Ghana Project, a media engagement segment was featured on the Breakfast Show on Ghana Television (GTV) to spotlight the critical issue of malnutrition in Ghana and the transformative role the media can play in addressing it. Representing Women, Media and Change (WOMEC) on the program was Ms. Rebbeca…
Ghana’s fight against malnutrition is no longer an abstract policy debate, it is about the height of the child in Tamale whose growth has stalled, the anaemic mother in Mamprobi who struggles through her market day, and the fast-growing tide of obesity that sneaks up on urban families. Recognising this urgency, WOMEC, backed by the…