Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo is the first lady of Ghana as the wife of President Nana Akufo-Addo. She was inaugurated as a nutrition champion for the African Leaders for Nutrition in 2018, an initiative that is part of eight flagship programs launched under the African Development Bank’s High 5 priorities. She is the founder of The Rebecca Foundation and a founding member and chairperson of the charity Infanta Malaria Prevention Foundation founded in 2005.
Without decisive action on climate-adaptation of food systems at COP 27, policy makers should expect levels of malnutrition, poverty, and environmental stress in Africa and elsewhere to escalate.
