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Ghana tackles non-communicable diseases through healthier diets

A coalition of government agencies, including the Ministry of Health, Food and Drugs Authority, persons in academia as well as civil society is on a move to eradicating non-communicable diseases and undernutrition among others through a collaboration that will establish the evidence, tools, policy pathways, and evaluation to ensure effective and healthy food systems in […]

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Suboptimal Diets contributes to various diseases-Hon. Agyeman Manu

The Minister for Health, Hon. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has disclosed that, suboptimal diets are cardinal contributors to increasing the risk of various diseases, whose impacts on health and economic systems are staggering. ” Subject experts tell us that population diets are influenced by food environments. They also tell us that unhealthy food environments stymie efforts to […]

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Healthier Diets for Healthy Lives Project launched in Accra

It is estimated that non-communicable diseases will become the leading cause of death in Africa amidst prevailing challenges of infectious diseases, undernutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies. Research suggests that unhealthy food environments hinder progress in overcoming malnutrition as well as non-communicable diseases. There is also increasing evidence for and recognition of the effectiveness of a set […]

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Health Minister pledges gov’t’s commitment in improving Ghanaian food environment

The Minister for Health Hon. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has pledged the government’s commitment to improving the Ghanaian food environment by implementing among others, food-based dietary guidelines to facilitate the implementation of a set of food-based policies for Ghana. Hon. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu made this call during the ‘Healthier Diets 4 Healthy Lives Project (HD4HL)’ project launch co- […]

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Suboptimal Diets increases the risk of various diseases-Health Minister

The Minister for Health, Hon. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has disclosed that, suboptimal diets are cardinal contributors to increasing the risk of various diseases, whose impacts on health and economic systems are staggering. ” Subject experts tell us that population diets are influenced by food environments. They also tell us that unhealthy food environments stymie efforts to […]

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