The West African Health Organization (WAHO) is a specialized Public Health Agency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). WAHO coordinates the ECOWAS Nutrition Forum which was established in 1996 by the ECOWAS Commission as a mechanism to organize the network of nutrition actors and stakeholders within the 15 ECOWAS member states. The overarching goal of the Nutrition Forum is to increase the visibility of nutrition and regional cross-ectoral dialogues and actions that would result in impact oriented food and nutrition programmes. Nutrition advocacy is thus a strategic role of the Forum aimed at raisingawareness about key nutrition issues among policy and decision makers at national and regional levels.