Barbados Increases Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
In a victory for local advocates and public health, Barbados has enacted a sugar-sweetened beverage tax that meets World Health...
Animated Video from St Kitts and Nevis Shortlisted for WHO’s Health for All Film Festival...
By Abi Begho, Lake Health and Wellbeing Meet the Willbuts, a short animation depicting how sugar-sweetened beverages and an unhealthy...
IACHR Thematic Hearing on the Right to Food of Children and Adolescents
A historic milestone was achieved on December 13, 2021, when the Thematic Hearing on the Right to Food of Children...
Advocate Spotlight: María Luján Abramo
Luján Abramo is part of the Food Policy Program (FPP) at Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) and supports the legal...
Nigerian Advocates Celebrate Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Signed into Law
Advocates in Nigeria celebrated the new year with news that President Muhammadu Buhari signed the sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax into...
Healthy Food Policy Research Round Up: A Q&A with Barry Popkin from UNC
Across the globe there has been growing momentum to adopt healthy food policies. As such, there has been new and...
Argentina President Signs One of World’s Strongest Health Food Policy Laws
About 80% of deaths in Argentina are caused by non-communicable diseases, most related to overweight and obesity. A new law...
Legal Issues in the Design and Implementation of Public Health Measures
By: Kyra Berasi Strong and evidence-based measures, such as laws and regulations, play a critical role in addressing pressing public...
Corporate Capture and the Key Role of Civil Society Organizations
By Ana María Suarez Franco, FIAN International Affected communities, social movements and human rights organizations have been denouncing corporate capture...
BEHIND THE LABELS: Big Food’s War on Healthy Food Policies
On November 16, the Global Health Advocacy Incubator’s (GHAI) Food Policy program released a new report titled “Behind the Labels:...
The Role of Advocacy in Addressing Health Inequities
The COVID-19 pandemic has both exposed and exacerbated inequities in public health. Locally-led advocacy, by individuals and communities affected by...
How Communications is Used to Support Advocacy and Mobilization Strategies to Advance Healthy Food Policies...
The Global Health Advocacy Incubator’s Food Policy program has supported Colombian partners for more than five years to help pass...