Ghana: Mineral Deficiencies Is a Public Health Challenge

The Deputy Chief Executive of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), in- charge of food, John Odamme Darkwa says that vitamin and mineral deficiencies continue to be a public health challenge in West Africa.

The situation, he noted, exacerbates as a result of increasing and volatile prices of staple foods, food insecurity, climate change and conflict.

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