NDPC DG calls for stronger financing, accountability to improve nutrition outcomes

The Director-General of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr Audrey Smock Amoah, has called for stronger planning, financing, implementation and reporting mechanisms to translate Ghana’s nutrition commitments into measurable results for women and children.

Dr Amoah noted that while Ghana’s national development planning framework provides a basis for integrating nutrition priorities into programmes and budgets, greater attention must be paid to implementation and monitoring.” She said nutrition must be integrated across the various stages of the development planning process, including planning, budgeting, implementation and reporting.