By Godwill Arthur-Mensah, GNA
Accra, Aug. 20, GNA – Ghana will host the Micronutrient Forum (MNF) Seventh Global Conference from September 28 to October 1, 2026, drawing global nutrition experts to Accra for discussions on protecting nutrition gains and accelerating action in a rapidly changing world.
The four-day conference will be held on the theme, “Nutrition at the Frontiers of a Changing Environment.”
The event will bring together researchers, policymakers, programme implementers, funders, civil society, development partners, and the private sector.
In a statement issued by Michelle Fafa Agbenorto, the Public Relations Officer at the National Development Planning Commission, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, it said the Conference would connect scientific evidence with implementation experience and policy decisions, with emphasis on practical and scalable solutions.
The statement said the Vice-President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang is expected to officially open the conference, to signal Ghana’s high-level commitment to nutrition as a national development priority.
The event comes at a time when climate change, humanitarian emergencies, conflict, displacement, evolving food systems and tightening financial conditions are threatening hard-won nutrition gains.
Dr Saskia Osendarp, the Executive Director of the Micronutrient Forum, said the conference would provide a platform to take stock of progress and gaps in delivering commitments, translate evidence into tangible recommendations, and celebrate African leadership in nutrition.
The conference will run three tracks – biology and efficacy, programme design and implementation, and the enabling environment.
The various sessions during the conference, would explore nutrition integration across agriculture, food, health, climate and social protection systems, financing, dietary change, protection of nutrition data, and responses in conflict and humanitarian settings.
Advances in micronutrient biology, artificial intelligence, fortification, supplementation, biofortification, and food-systems approaches will also be highlighted.
The NDPC, which chairs the Local Organising Committee, is coordinating preparations with the Micronutrient Forum and partner institutions.
Prof. Anna Lartey, the Chair of the MNF 2026 Conference Committee, said Ghana’s hosting of the event would elevate regional leadership, deepen collaboration and accelerate progress towards better nutrition across Africa.
The 2026 forum would be delivered in a hybrid format, enabling participation both onsite in Accra and online to participate.
Registration is open to researchers, academics, policymakers, health and nutrition professionals, programme implementers, students, civil society organisations, development partners and private sector institutions.
The event is an international platform dedicated to advancing evidence, policy and action on micronutrient health, connecting researchers, policymakers, implementers and partners to improve nutrition and health outcomes worldwide.
GNA
Edited by Christabel Addo
20 Aug. 2026
Reporter: Godwill Arthur-Mensah, GNA
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