Project Manager at Healthier Diets 4 Healthy Lives

About the Organization

Healthier Diets 4 Healthy Lives (HD4HL) is an initiative focused on developing evidence-based policies to improve nutrition and public health outcomes in Ghana.

Position Overview

The Healthier Diets for Healthy Lives (HD4HL) Project is seeking a highly qualified Project Manager to lead the "Developing A Double-Duty Food-Based Policy Bundle to Assure Healthier Diets in Ghana" initiative.

Project Context

By 2030, non-communicable diseases are predicted to become the leading cause of death in Africa amidst prevailing challenges of infectious diseases, undernutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies. Unhealthy food environments hinder progress in overcoming this double burden of malnutrition.

There is increasing evidence for and recognition of the effectiveness of a set of policies that change consumer food environments and enable more nutritious diets. Food systems and public health experts, including the World Health Organisation, refer to these as "Best Buys" for their cost-effectiveness and feasibility in combating the double burden of malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries.

Project Objectives

These policies aim to:

• Inform and empower consumers
• Guide and influence consumer action within food environments
• Provide bold and truthful information for all consumers
• Promote healthier food availability in public institutions and markets
• Adjust the relative price of foods to equitably promote health and economic value

The HD4HL project aims to build evidence and mobilize multi-stakeholder actions toward developing a policy bundle for healthier and more equitable consumer food environments that reduce the double burden of malnutrition.

Location

Accra, Ghana

Employment Type

Full-Time