Alcohol consumption, harms and policy developments in sub‐Saharan Africa: The case for stronger national and regional responses

NK Morojele, EW Dumbili, IS Obot… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Issues Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) has long been characterised as a region with
weak alcohol policies, high proportions of abstainers and heavy episodic drinkers (among …

Corporate power and the international trade regime preventing progressive policy action on non-communicable diseases: a realist review

P Milsom, R Smith, P Baker… - Health policy and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Transnational tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed food corporations use the international
trade regime to prevent policy action on non-communicable diseases (NCDs); ie to promote …

[HTML][HTML] South Africa's COVID-19 alcohol sales ban: the potential for better policy-making

R Matzopoulos, H Walls, S Cook… - International Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Evidence of the social impacts of emergency responses to coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) is emerging in several countries, including increased prevalence of domestic …

Social values and health systems in health policy and systems research: a mixed-method systematic review and evidence map

E Whyle, J Olivier - Health policy and planning, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Because health systems are conceptualized as social systems, embedded in social contexts
and shaped by human agency, values are a key factor in health system change. As such …

Alcohol policy framing in South Africa during the early stages of COVID-19: using extraordinary times to make an argument for a new normal

A Bartlett, M Lesch, S Golder, J McCambridge - BMC public health, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Public health and alcohol industry actors compete to frame alcohol policy
problems and solutions. Little is known about how sudden shifts in the political context …

Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to alcohol use in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

R Matzopoulos, A Cois, C Probst, CDH Parry… - South African Medical …, 2022 - ajol.info
Background. Alcohol use was one of the leading contributors to South Africa (SA)'s disease
burden in 2000, accounting for 7% of deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in the …

Commercial determinants of global health

LN Allen - Handbook of global health, 2021 - Springer
More than half of the world's 100 largest economies are corporations, and an increasing
proportion of global deaths are caused by exposure to highly processed foods, alcohol …

Does international trade and investment liberalization facilitate corporate power in nutrition and alcohol policymaking? Applying an integrated political economy and …

P Milsom, R Smith, SM Modisenyane, H Walls - Globalization and Health, 2022 - Springer
Background While there is a growing body of legally-focused analyses exploring the
potential restrictions on public health policy space due to international trade rules, few …

Commercial use of evidence in public health policy: a critical assessment of food industry submissions to global-level consultations on non-communicable disease …

K Lauber, D McGee, AB Gilmore - BMJ Global Health, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Background Ultra-processed food industry (UPFI) actors have consistently opposed statutory
regulation in health policy debates, including at the WHO. They do so most commonly with …

Building a systems map: applying systems thinking to unhealthy commodity industry influence on public health policy

A Bertscher, J Nobles, AB Gilmore, K Bondy… - International Journal of …, 2024 - ijhpm.com
Background Unhealthy commodity industries (UCIs) engage in political practices to
influence public health policy, which poses barriers to protecting and promoting public …