{
  "id": 11363598,
  "title": "NDPC DG calls for stronger financing, accountability to improve nutrition outcomes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/ndpc-dg-calls-for-stronger-financing-accountability-to-improve",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-02T04:52:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/ndpc-dg-calls-for-stronger-financing-accountability-to-improve-nutrition-outcomes/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dr Audrey Smock Amoah, Director-General of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), has called for enhanced planning, financing, implementation, and reporting to effectively address Ghana's nutrition challenges. Speaking at a breakfast meeting on government leadership, health systems, and nutrition on October 1, 2026, in Accra, Dr Amoah emphasized that nutrition should be integrated into all stages of the development planning process. She highlighted the need for stronger mechanisms to ensure that Ghana's nutrition commitments are translated into measurable results for women and children. Dr Amoah also stressed that while the national development planning framework offers a foundation for integrating nutrition priorities, greater focus is required on implementation and monitoring. Urging stakeholders to move beyond commitments and take concrete action, she called for a shift from prioritizing nutrition in five-year plans to implementing measurable results. Dr Charity Binka, Executive Director of Women, Media and Change (WOMEC), echoed Dr Amoah's sentiments, stressing the importance of viewing nutrition as an investment in human capital and future development. Binka urged stakeholders to transition from mere commitments to five-year priorities to concrete implementation and measurable outcomes.",
  "summary": "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.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}