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Reducing Demand for Unhealthy Food

June 17, 2024 Case Studies

Sweetened Beverage Taxes: Lessons from a Decade of Progress

Locally-led advocacy campaigns supported by the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) have contributed to the adoption and strengthening of sweetened beverage (SB) taxes in Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and South Asia. The lessons learned from these campaigns are being applied by advocates around the world to counter the threat caused by SBs in their countries and generate new government revenues.  

March 13, 2024 Countries

Kenya

March 13, 2024 Countries

Gambia

March 5, 2024 Case Studies

A Victory for Public Health Information Campaigns in Colombia

In 2017, Colombia’s Constitutional Court ruled that civil society organizations have the right to share public health information, and consumers have the right to see it. This public health victory followed a legal campaign by civil society against the food and beverage industry efforts to influence the media and government to keep the information hidden.
February 10, 2023 Countries

Jamaica

February 10, 2023 Countries

Brazil

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Ghana

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Nigeria

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Rwanda

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Zambia

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Turkey

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India

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China

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Vietnam

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Uganda

February 10, 2023 Countries

Uruguay