Ghana - Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition Project

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The objective of the Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Improvement Project for Ghana is to improve utilization of community-based health and nutrition services by women of reproductive age, especially pregnant women, and children under the age of 2 years. There are three components to the project, the first component being community-based maternal and child health and nutrition interventions. This component will focus on strengthening supply, creating demand, and increasing ownership and accountability of district level stakeholders, outreach workers, community leaders and household members. The component will support the uptake of a package of essential community nutrition and health actions (ECNHA) and address gaps in knowledge and community practices such as reproductive behavior, nutritional support for pregnant women and young children, recognition of illness, home management of sick children, disease prevention and care-seeking behavior. The second component is the institutional strengthening capacity building, supervision, monitoring and evaluation, and project management. The institutional strengthening component will support three main objectives, namely to: (i) develop effective inter-sectoral coordination, ownership, and accountability for health and nutrition towards the strengthening of a coherent national community health and nutrition program; (ii) strengthen Ministry of Health, or MoH capacity to provide stewardship, as well GHS capacity to effectively coordinate, supervise and monitor implementation of the community-based services; and (iii) evaluate the impact of the project. Finally, the third component is the unallocated.