USAID Advancing Nutrition Ghana
                         The Agency’s Flagship Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Project
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                                                                                                                                                                                               Bawku West         Tempane
                                                                                                                                                                        Sissala  Sissala                    Garu
                        Overview                                                                                                                                        West      East                             East Mamprusi
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                        USAID Advancing Nutrition is the United States                                                                                 Nadowli-Kaleo       Wa East
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                        Agency for International Development’s (USAID)                                                                                                                                       Gushegu
                                                                                                                                                                         Mamprugu-Moagduri            Nanton
                        flagship multi-sectoral nutrition project, led by                                                                                                                                       Yendi
                                                                                                                                                                                               Sagnarigu   Mion
                        JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI), and a 
                        diverse group of experienced partners. Launched 
                        in September 2018, USAID Advancing Nutrition 
                        implements nutrition interventions across sec-
                        tors and disciplines for USAID and its partners. 
                        The project’s multi-sectoral approach draws 
                        together global nutrition experience to design, 
                        implement, and evaluate programs that address 
                        the root causes of malnutrition.
                        Our Work in Ghana
                        USAID Advancing Nutrition provides technical 
                        support and assessment services to advance 
                        the Government of Ghana’s efforts to improve 
                        district planning for the equitable delivery of 
                        services that promote household resilience and                                                                             PROJECT PERIOD
                        early childhood growth and development. We                                                                                 June 2020–September 2022
                        work in 17 districts in four regions: Northern, 
                        Upper East, Upper West, and North East. The                                                                                WHERE WE WORK
                        project has five objectives:                                                                                               Northern Region
                          •  Objective 1: Strengthen multi-sectoral                                                                                •  Gushegu                                    •  Nanton
                              coordination of food and nutrition security at                                                                       •  Karaga                                     •  Sagnarigu
                              national and district levels.                                                                                        •  Mion                                       •  Yendi
                          •  Objective 2: Strengthen multi-sectoral                                                                                North East Region
                              planning and implementation of food and                                                                              •  Manprugu-Moagduri • East Mamprusi
                              nutrition security in 17 districts.
                          •  Objective 3: Improve budgeting and                                                                                    Upper East Region
                              financing for food and nutrition security in                                                                         •  Bawku                                      •  Garu
                              17 districts.                                                                                                        •  Bawku West                                 •  Tempane
                          •  Objective 4: Strengthen quality and reach of                                                                          Upper West Region
                              nutrition service delivery.                                                                                          •  Daffiama Bussie Issa • Sissala West
                          •  Objective 5: Increase local government                                                                                •  Nadowli-Kaleo                              •  Wa East
                              engagement with community structures to                                                                              •  Sissala East
                              promote improved nutrition behaviors.
                        USAID ADVANCING NUTRITION                                                                                                                                                                   MARCH 2022
            Key Achievements
            To date, USAID Advancing Nutrition—                        •  Supported the National Development Planning 
             •  Supported 17 districts to:                               Commission to:
               —  Prepare their medium-term development                  —  Create the Ghana Multi-Sector Food 
                    plans (MTDPs) for 2022–2025, ensuring                     and Nutrition Security Guidelines, which 
                    the plans incorporate effective strategies                help district assemblies integrate food 
                    to address malnutrition.                                  and nutrition strategies into their 
               —  Establish District Nutrition Coordinating                   development plans.
                    Committees (comprising health,                       —  Strengthen coordination among FNS 
                    agriculture, education, sanitation, and                   stakeholders at the national and 
                    other relevant sectors) that are now                      sub-national levels to work towards 
                    facilitating multi-sectoral collaboration                 enhancing policy formulation, planning, 
                    in the planning and implementation of                     monitoring, and evaluation.
                    programs to reduce malnutrition.                   •  Assisted the Ghana Health Service as it 
               —  Conduct a situational analysis of food and             trained 715 health workers in 17 districts 
                    nutrition security (FNS), which informed             in four regions to improve the delivery 
                    the development of programs to improve               of essential nutrition services, especially 
                    FNS in those districts.                              for pregnant women, lactating mothers, 
               —  Conduct analyses of expenditures on                    and children under the age of five. Health 
                    nutrition and resilience from 2018–2020.             workers were trained in infant and young 
                    Estimating the percentage of allocated               child feeding, anemia prevention and control, 
                    funds spent on nutrition and resilience              and community-based management of acute 
                    better equips the assemblies to budget               malnutrition, among other topics.
                    in the future. The analyses are ongoing in 
                    nine of the districts.
                  KEY PARTNERS
                  • National Development Planning                     • 4 Regional Coordinating Councils
                    Commission                                        • 17 Implementing Municipal and District 
                  • Ghana Health Service                                Assemblies
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                                                                                                                 revised March 11, 2022