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Zinc Helps StopChild Killer in Ghana
A leading killer of young children in Ghana, diarrhoea, may have met its match with affordable and effectiveZinc tablets.Diarrhoea accounts for 10-15 percent of all child deaths in Ghana each year, and it also stunts growth, forces many children to miss weeks of schooling, and inflicts untold misery on individuals and families. If Ghana is to achieve the Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG4) of reducing child deaths by 2015, greater progress needs to be made to treat and preventdiarrhoea now.
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is dramatically increasing the supply and promotion of Zinc tablets in the nation with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), technical assistance from the USAID BCS and SHOPS Projects, and engagement of local pharmaceutical manufacturers. ..
GHS Launches “Aduane Pa Ma Asetena Pa” Campaign
Good Food for Good Life” Campaign Launched
A national child nutrition campaign, “Aduane Pa Ma Asetena Pa” (Good Food for Good Life) has been launched in Accra, Ghana by the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service. The campaign aims at improving feeding practices, starting 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.
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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…
