The Ghanaian Parliament has recently debated, voted, and approved a Bill to tax Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) and other products – as per the Excise Duty Amendment Bill, 2022. My take is: The government and the people of Ghana should not relent, they should get it done to Promote, Protect and Guarantee the Health of […]
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COVID-19 immunity licensing in Africa: practical, socio-cultural, and ethical bottlenecks
Author: Amos Laar, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon. E-mail: alaar@ug.edu.gh Twitter: @alaar In this commentary published by The Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Ethics Network (PHEPREN), Professor Laar asks the pertinent question: If in future we have good data to support COVID-19 Immunity Passports, would […]
Read MoreProtecting, promoting, and assuring pandemic ethics is everyone’s responsibility, not just the government’s
Amos Laar, Ph.D. Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra Ghana. E-mail alaar@ug.edu.gh In December 2019, a few cases of a severe form of viral pneumonia were reported from Wuhan city, Hubei Province, China. The illness was identified as a novel Coronavirus – severe acute respiratory syndrome […]
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