The presentation provides a nutrition profile from African data that indicates the prevalence of adult overweight and obesity.
The Chisokone food market in urban Kitwe (Zambia) occupied zoned land that could be used for a mall and was relocated to make way for “development.” This presentation by African Food Security Urban Network (AFSUN) reviews the urban planning framew
The policy framing of food security must alter to consider food supply as a municipal function. Urban zoning laws that discriminate against small traders are highlighted.
In Cape Town food policies locate food security as the responsibility of the provincial government.
This policy brief provides facts obtained from Ivory Coast’s country profile (2011 – 2016). The prevalence of smoking was estimated at 14.6% for both sexes. The tobacco industry is exempt from anti-advertising legislation.
The 2015 Survey of Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases in Benin (STEPS) indicates that smoking is declining significantly from 16% of adult smokers, in 2007 to 5% in 2015.
The share of tobacco products in the total tax revenue of the country is low. Niger does not produce cigarettes but raw leaf tobacco in the Maradi and Agadez regions.
There is no national survey on adult smoking in Burkina Faso. Data available on the consumption of tobacco products are based on divided groups’ studies that focus on a few large cities.
The effectiveness of the tax system on tobacco products in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries is measured by the difference between a country’s effective tax rate and its tax capacity.
The Consortium pour la recherche économique et sociale (CRES) / Consortium for Economic and Social Research conducted research to analyze the impact of tobacco taxation in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries.