Professor Francis B. Zotor, Professor in Public Health Nutrition at the Fred Binka School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Hohoe, has called on citizens to reduce their consumption of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs). He said research has shown that these sugar sweetened beverages were associated with dental caries, obesity, diabetes,…
Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) the world all over, but particularly in lower-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) is in great abundance and are available at our places of work, faith-based gatherings, our markets, and social events including children’s parties. SSBs are not only very available, but they are also cheap. The rich and the poor can afford to purchase…
A COALITION of public health organizations has advised the public to avoid consuming too many sugar-sweetened beverages as they increase the risk of contracting Type 2 diabetes and other diseases in humans. The coalition, Advocating for Health (A4H) is made up of the University of Ghana, Ghana Public Health Association (GPHA), Ghana Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance…
Advocating for Health (A4H) project, a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working to improve public health awareness, has started a sensitisation compaign aimed at reducing the consumption of excessive sugar sweetened beverages in the country. The one-year project, supported by Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI), is to help raise awareness on the health implications…
Tamale, July 22, GNA – Advocating for Health (A4H) project, a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working to improve public health awareness, has started a sensitisation compaign aimed at reducing the consumption of excessive sugar sweetened beverages in the country. The one-year project, supported by Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI), is to help raise…
The Advocating for Health project held its first float in Tamale, Northern Region of Ghana on July 20, 2022. Led by the Ghana Public Health Association (GPHA), with support from the other coordinating partners of the project, this event was to sensitize the populace on the harmful effects of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) on their health.…
How can civil society organization actors support the Advocating for Health project to achieve its desired objectives? To advance the project objectives of the Advocating for Health (A4H) project, the A4H project partners led by the Ghana NCD Alliance identified and mapped out Civil Society Organization (CSO) Actors with diverse areas of expertise in health,…