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Gambia promises its children a decade of full plates: 10-year national nutrition plan launches in Banjul

Gambia’s government launched a National Nutrition Policy (2026–2035), a ten-year commitment against maternal and child malnutrition — food security from household to national level, better feeding for infants and young children, and care for the most nutritionally vulnerable. The framework ties nutrition directly to human-capital development: well-fed children grow into capable adults who carry the country forward.

The upbeat factorHope — a nation betting its next ten years on the simplest, deepest investment: feeding its children.
✓ Verified · WADR (West Africa Democracy Radio) · 2026-10-08 · The Gambia
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