Amos Laar, a Professor of Public Health Nutrition from the University of Ghana has called for evidence-based policy interventions to reshape food environments and to tackle diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Africa. Speaking at the
In a collaborative effort to address the pressing challenge of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Ghana, a consortium of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) led by the Coalition of Actors for Public Health Advocacy(CAPHA), local academic institutions
Ghanaian Professor of Public Health Nutrition at the University of Ghana, Amos Laar has proposed strategies to tackle unhealthy food environments in Africa with lessons from Ghana. Speaking at a recent conference on rural food
Professor of Public Health Nutrition at the University of Ghana School of Public Health, Amos Laar has said nutrition transition in many African countries is driving demand for ultra-processed foods and contributing to the high,
The Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS), Ghana’s premier learned society, held its Annual Lecture in the Sciences, 2023 edition on Thursday, October 5, on the Topic: Food and Public Health. To provide this
The first-ever Ghana Research Ethics Network (GREN) Conference has been held in Accra. The Conference which will be held annually kick-started at the end of a five-year grant period by the Research Integrity Training Program
During a Press Conference organized by the Advocating for Health (A4H) Coalition, led by the University of Ghana in partnership with civil society organizations, the speakers explained that the taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is
Do not Relent, Get it Done to Promote, Protect and Guarantee the Health of Ghanaians, as Health Costs and Deaths Linked to Diet-Related Non-Communicable Diseases Mount. “In this world, nothing is certain but death and
Professor of Public Health at the University of Ghana, Amos Laar, has been inducted fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences(GAAS.) The Professor was inducted together with 14 others on November 16, 2022,
A Coalition of Public Health Advocates, comprising Academia, Civil Society, Public Health Associations and local Nutrition Societies is calling on the government to as a matter of urgency act to protect the well-being and health
