BACKGROUND

Phase 1 of the “Good Nutrition Starts with Me” Youth Initiative was rolled out in three countries: Cameroon, Gambia, and Ghana. The last baton was handed over to Cameroon to finish up Phase 1 of the capacity Enhancement Training.
Similarly to Ghana, Cameroon held its Capacity Enhancement Training in two of its regions, Yaounde and Buea. The training utilized participatory learning methods, including face-to-face lectures, group work, role plays, and pre-/post,
tests to ensure effective knowledge transfer and retention and skill development, like the other two countries (The Gambia and Ghana).
The facilitators, who were experts in nutrition and its related fields, took participants through sessions on basic nutrition; types, causes and consequences of malnutrition, nutrition throughout the life cycle, diet related Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs), food production, processing and preservation, food systems, nutrition and climate change and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH).

PARTNERS INVOLVED

National Nutrition Agency (NaNA)
Africa Catalyzing Action for Nutrition (AfriCAN)
Local universities
Media practitioners, and other local and regional stakeholders