To be a hub for cutting edge nutrition research at both National and Global level in order to improve the health and well-being of communities in Ghana, the African sub region and beyond through the effective application of findings from nutrition research to prevent disease.
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The Department of Nutrition has extensive experience in Applied Nutrition research. The department’s research spans the life cycles: maternal, infants, young children, school age children, adolescents, and women of reproductive age. We have experience in community-based research in the area of livelihoods and food security, infant and young child nutrition with focus on breast feeding, complementary feeding and the feeding of children born to HIV-positive mothers. We have been involved in the development of food-based guidelines for children 6-23 months in Ghana as well as evaluation of the Ghana School Feeding Programme. Our research agenda also focuses on other issues of global importance such as the nutrition transition and its attendant problems which include the surge in non-communicable diseases and hidden hunger.
The department has international recognition for Vitamin A and carotenoid analysis and has provided laboratory support for both national and international vitamin A programmes. Scientists in the department have also provided technical support in the design and evaluation of health and nutrition intervention programmes implemented by organizations such as UNICEF, the LINKAGES project, BASICS, Freedom from Hunger, GIZ among others.