The Ghana Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance (GhNCDA) has urged the government to levy hefty charges on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) in order to reduce their consumption. According to the organisation, imposing taxes on the commodity will raise the price and discourage people from consuming such sugary products. GhNCDA said non-communicable diseases including obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, and…
Government has been urged to increase taxes on sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) to at least 20 per cent as recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO). According to the Ghana Non-Communicable Disease Alliance (GhNCDA), the WHO has endorsed health taxes as part of evidence-based strategies for the prevention and control of NCDs like type 2…
Professor of Public Health at the University of Ghana, Prof. Amos Laar has said non-communicable diseases (NCDs) will be the leading cause of death in Ghana by 2030. According to Prof. Laar who doubles as principal investigator for the Advocating for Health Project, this prediction backed by research is driven by unhealthy food environments in…
On the 28th of October, the Advocating for Health (A4H) coalition led by the Ghana Non-communicable Diseases Alliance (GhNCDA) organized a sensitization seminar for Ghanaian journalists on the public health implications of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). The seminar aimed at increasing the knowledge and understanding of journalists on SSBs and non-communicable diseases (NCDs), empower them to…
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.…
Four-year-old Klenam is all dressed up for school on a Monday morning. She refuses to board her school bus because unlike the usual, she has no snacks. It takes the intervention of her class teacher, Miss Senam who gets her a bottle of Fanta, some biscuits, and toffees to get the little girl to join…
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…