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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (on screen), director general of the World Health Organisation, delivers a message to the multi-stakeholders hearing on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases and the promotion of mental health and wellbeing. Photo: UN/Loey Felipe
ALCOHOL REGULATION

The UN had a plan to fight deadly lifestyle diseases. Industry pressure killed most of it

At the UN General Assembly high-level meeting in New York next week, South Africa is expected to join other countries in signing a watered down declaration meant to curb diseases…

  • Zano Kunene
10 min read
A throat ulcer. Bloody urine. A sick baby. That’s what smokers in other countries see. In South Africa? For now, it’s a tiny black box. Photo: Canva
ANTI SMOKING LEGISLATION

If a cigarette box isn’t disgusting, it’s not doing its job

A throat ulcer. Bloody urine. A sick baby. That’s what smokers in other countries see. In South Africa? For now, it’s a tiny black box

  • Zano Kunene
7 min read