The Cameroonian government is launching a program to reduce its exposure to nutrition and diet-related diseases by 50 percent by 2030.
Cameroon Plans to Reduce 50 Percent of Diet-Related Disease
"To achieve this goal, a mechanism for nutritional awareness and education adapted to the socio-cultural context of Cameroon will be put in place," reads the 2022 annual performance project of the Health Ministry.
In a short time, actions will focus on reducing the global acute malnutrition rate among children under 5, the Ministry of Public Health (Minsanté) announced.
The mechanism includes creating a price support system to ease access to infant nutrients and food and a national plan to fight malnutrition in pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under 5. Ultimately, the government seeks to reinforce the sanitary safety of the food consumed by the population and improve access to a healthy and balanced diet.
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Currently, this program is already showing encouraging results, according to figures compiled by the Minsanté, the global acute malnutrition rate among children under 5 slightly decreased from 5.5% in 2020 to 5% in 2022.
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