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…
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…
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,…