Accra, Oct. 31, GNA – Civil society organisations led by Ghana NCD Alliance (GhNCDA) have called for the imposition of taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBS) in Ghana to raise revenue for health financing in the country. The tax would also help in reducing the consumption of the products, which would eventually improve the health outcomes…
The Ghana Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance (GhNCDA) and other health Civil Society Organisations under the Advocating for Health Project (A4H), are making frantic efforts to ensure sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) produced in the country are taxed. The push for taxes on SSBs by the GhNCDA, is to facilitate the reduction in consumption of SSBs among Ghanaians.…
The Ghana NCD Alliance (GhNCDA), a civil society organization has advised the general public as a matter of urgency to reduce the intake of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs). Since the consumption of these sugar-sweetened beverages is the major cause of dental caries, obesity, diabetes, stroke, and several other non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The Ghana NCD Alliance (GhNCDA),…
A Professor of Public Health and Nutrition at the Fred Binka School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, UHAS, Professor Francis Zotor, has called on Ghanaians to reduce the consumption of sugar sweetened beverages. He said research has shown that these sugary beverages are associated with dental caries, obesity, diabetes, stroke and…
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…