No safe threshold: VAST-Ghana calls for a ban on alcohol ads amidst rising mortality rates
A public health advocacy group, Vision for Accelerated Sustainable Development Ghana (VAST Ghana), has urged the government to overhaul the national alcohol policy framework following fresh international scientific evidence detailing severe health risks associated with even low levels of alcohol consumption.
Five structural demandsTo curb the escalating crisis, VAST Ghana has presented five targeted demands to policymakers, public health institutions, and development partners: Integrate prevention: Formally integrate alcohol harm prevention into Ghana’s national NCD response as a primary preventable risk factor.
The group concluded that just as Ghana achieved significant public health milestones through evidence-based tobacco control legislation, the state must now apply identical principles to mitigate alcohol-related mortality.
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