Professor of Nutrition at the Department of Family Health and Community Health at the Fred N Binka School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Professor Francis B. Zotor, has urged the public, especially parents with children, to desist from patronizing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). According to Professor Zotor, sugar-sweetened beverages are liquids that…
On Wednesday, 26th of October 2022, members of the Volta-Eastern Zone of the Ghana Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (GAND) in collaboration with the other Advocating for Health (A4H) project partners embarked on a float around the principal streets of Ho. The float was convened by Prof Francis Zotor, a professor of Public Health Nutrition…
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,…
The A4H coalition organized its second float in Kumasi in the bid to continue it awareness creation on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs); its harmful effects and the need for taxation on SSBs. The float was led by the Ghana Public Health Association (GPHA) on October 19, 2022. This comes after holding its first float in Tamale.…
The Advocating for Health Project coalition, as part of the World Food Day celebrations, organized a virtual symposium to discuss the menace of sugar-sweetened sugar (SSBs). Led by the Ghana Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (GAND), the symposium was organized to engage various stakeholders to drum home the need to focus on Ghana’s food environment…
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…
This virtual event mobilized public health practitioners, doctors, nurses, nutritionists, students, and other workers outside the health sector to be educated on the harmful effects of sugar- sweetened beverages (SSBs). The speakers at the event provided an overview of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Ghana, facts about SSBs, readily available healthy alternatives and Health Taxes as…
Delegates from the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI), Adeolu Adebiyi, the Senior Regional Advisor in Africa and Esubalew Dadi, the Legal Advisor paid a working visit to Ghana from the 23rd -30th August. The purpose of the visit was to interact with the coalition (School of Public Health University of Ghana and the Civil Society…
A Citi TV’s news report on our nationwide awareness campaign on the negative effects of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages. Source: GPHA’s Twitter
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…