South Africa’s International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) plans to review the reference price for sugar amid a ...

The International Council of Beverages Associations (ICBA) has criticised the WHO’s 2025 global report on Sugar-Sweetened ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that low prices and the lack of adequate taxes on sugary drinks and alcoholic ...

Source: Calls grow to ring-fence Zimbabwe’s sugar tax revenue – CITEZW Local health experts say Zimbabwe must strengthen and ...

The World Health Organization says alcohol and sugary drinks are getting too cheap, and that’s bad for public health. WHO ...

The call for these taxes is part of a campaign WHO launched last year, called 3 by 35. This is a global initiative to ...

The World Health Organization is calling for higher taxes on alcohol and sugary drinks to combat diseases like diabetes and ...

“Health taxes are one of the strongest tools we have for promoting health and preventing disease,” said Tedros Adhanom ...

This week’s health headlines in Africa highlight Kenya’s severe drought and a spike in typhoid cases in the DRC. As clinical trials for mpox and Lassa fever move forward, local health systems remain ...

From rising rates of obesity, diabetes, cancer, and injuries, agency warns that the current pricing of harmful beverages is a ...

Sugary drinks and alcoholic beverages are too cheap because they are not taxed enough, leading to higher rates of obesity, ...

The health organization is calling on countries to tax alcohol and sugary drinks to prevent health conditions linked to the ...