Implementing large-scale food fortification in Ghana: lessons learned.

摘要: BackgroundFood fortification began in Ghana 1996 when legislation was passed to enforce the iodization of salt. This paper describes development Ghanaian program and identifies lessons learned implementing initiatives (universal salt iodization, vegetable oil wheat flour) from date.ObjectiveThis achievements, challenges, large scale food Ghana.MethodologyPrimary data collected through interviews with key members National Food Fortification Alliance (NFFA), implementation staff Project, GAIN. Secondary desk review documentation project offices Project Secretariat for Implementation Salt Iodization Ghana.ResultsReduction prevalence goiter has been observed, coverage households adequa...