Call for Applications The MEALS4NCDs Project, led by the University of Ghana is pleased to invite applications from uniquely qualified individuals to fill one vacant Postdoctoral Fellowship position. The two-year fellowship, beginning April 2020 will be tenable at the University of Ghana School of Public Health. The Project is a collaboration funded by The International Development Research […]

IDRC-funded MEALS4NCDs Prevention Project, and other stakeholders – the DFC, TACLED, the Stories of Change, and the Adolescent Food Environment Projects (all of the University of Ghana), the ROFE Project of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Strategy Support Program, SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, the University of Health and Allied Sciences, the Ghana Academy of Nutrition […]

On August 15th 2019, an international team of researchers led by the University of Ghana launched the ‘providing Measurement Evaluation, Accountability and Leadership Support (MEALS) for NCDs prevention’ Project, also referred to as the “MEALS4NCDs Project” in Accra Ghana. The project focuses on food promotion (marketing to children restrictions), and food provisioning (improving school nutrition […]

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Ghana, in collaboration with the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), the Ghana Health Service (GHS), the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Kenya, National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), France, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and the Scientific Institute of Public […]

The “Measuring the healthiness of Ghanaian children’s food environments to prevent obesity and non-communicable diseases” also referred to as “MEALS4NCDs Project” is set to be Launched on August 15 2019 in Accra Ghana. The project focuses on restricting unhealthy food marketing to children and improving school nutrition environment. Preceding the official launch is a capacity […]