Ghanaian adults continue to put on more kilos. In the 1980s, just about 2 percent of Ghanaians were obese. Today, Ghana’s obesity rates have surged to about 15 percent. Like obesity, many Ghanaian adults are becoming overweight. The number of Ghanaian adults with high blood pressure (also called hypertension) is also on the rise. Recent…
The Advocating for Health (A4H) Coalition, comprising academics, civil society organizations, public health and nutrition professionals, is commending President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo, for assenting the Excise Duty Amendment Bill, 2022. This bill, among others, seeks to tax sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and rake in an estimated 400 million cedis annually. While the effects of…
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It is questionable how we as a country intend to achieve the projected 30% decrease in NCD deaths by 2025 if we are unwilling to explore the evidence-based tax and other intervention that promises these developmental returns. For many years, the convenience of feigned helplessness of being between two opposing sides has been an escape…
The Advocating for Health (A4H) Coalition has hinted that Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) by 2030, have been predicted to become the leading cause of death in Africa. Currently, Ghana is experiencing a surge in diet-related NCDs, amidst challenges of food insecurity, micronutrient malnutrition, and infectious morbidities. More so, several local studies show a high prevalence of…
Accra, Feb.16, GNA – The Advocating for Health (A4H) Coalition has urged the Government to facilitate passage of the Excise Duty Amendment Bill into law to protect, promote and guarantee the health of Ghanaians. The Bill seeks to impose taxes on health-harming products such as tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) imported into the country.…
Press Conference on Health Taxes: Organized by the Advocating for Health (A4H) Coalition (PDF) Related articles:https://starrfm.com.gh/2023/02/advocating-for-health-coalition-lauds-govts-proposal-to-tax-sugar-sweetened-beverages/ https://gna.org.gh/2023/02/coalition-advocates-imposition-of-taxes-on-tobacco-alcohol-sugary-foods/ https://capitalnewsonline.com/ncds-predicted-to-become-the-leading-cause-of-death-in-africa/ https://newsghana.com.gh/implement-comprehensive-policy-measures-to-make-unhealthy-foods-unattractive/ https://mydailynewsonline.com/tax-health-harming-commodities-to-save-lives/ https://www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh/ncds-to-become-leading-cause-of-death-in-seven-prof-laaryears/
The Advocating for Health (A4H) Coalition – comprising academics from five public universities in Ghana (led by the University of Ghana, School of Public Health) and their international partners, civil society organizations (including the Ghana NCD Alliance), nutrition societies (including the Ghana Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics), and public health associations (including the Ghana Public…
The Advocating for Health (A4H) Coalition has commended the Government of Ghana for proposing a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). The coalition, which comprises academics from five public universities in Ghana, civil society organizations, nutrition societies, and public health associations, said that the tax would be beneficial for public health, government revenue, and health equity.…
The Advocating for Health (A4H) Coalition has said the true economic and health costs of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) as staggering. The group, comprising academics from five public universities in Ghana (led by the University of Ghana, School of Public Health) and their international partners, civil society organizations (including the Ghana NCD Alliance), nutrition societies (including…