First Lady Calls for Drastic Action Against Children Dying From Malnutrition And Malaria
Mrs Akufo-Addo took the opportunity to appreciate the good campaign from the Health sector " Start Right Feed Right" Campaign that has helped to improve the quality of children's diet to keep them on the path to meeting Global Nutrition Targets.
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The First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, H.E Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo has made a clarion call to Ghanaians to take action, build consensus and provide the needed funding to help end children dying from malnutrition, malaria or other preventable illness in Ghana.
According to her, as public health experts say, if care is not taken, there is the risk that the COVID-19 pandemic could result in a nutrition crisis due to disruption of food, time and the need to safeguard food and nutrition security.
Speaking at the just-ended Nutrition Advocate Event, the First lady vowed to work hard towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by ensuring the decline in the prevalence of malnutrition and its resultant ill- health and death among children.
"I wish to restate my resolve that, no child should die from malnutrition, malaria or other preventable illness in Ghana. So together with Malaria Prevention Foundation, our partners and stakeholders, I stand committed to the task that is ahead of us", she said.
Mrs Akufo-Addo took the opportunity to appreciate the good campaign from the Health sector " Start Right Feed Right" Campaign that has helped to improve the quality of children's diet to keep them on the path to meeting Global Nutrition Targets.
She urged all stakeholders to help continue to strengthen school-based interventions as they provide safe potable water, health nutrition hygiene and infection prevention education.
" We should continue to strengthen school-based interventions. We should provide safe potable water, health nutrition, hygiene and infection prevention education. We must continue to intensify our efforts to promote six months exclusive breastfeeding for all children". She added
Present at the event was the Minister of Health, Hon. Kwaku Agyemang Manu, Director General of Ghana Health Service, Country Representatives of WHO and UNICEF and Infanta Malaria Prevention Foundation.
