HEALA calls for 20% tax on sugary drinks
The alliance has been encouraged by public support on proposals for an increase in the Health Promotion Levy (HPL)
Results () - Clear
Heala March
Heala supporters were out in full force picketing outside Coca Cola in Rosebank on Tuesday 16 October 2018.
HEALA: Food industry behaviour is anti-poor
PepsiCo’s announcement that it’s going to buy Pioneer Foods shows that South Africa is very far from winning the war on improving access to healthier foods for poor people.
Posted in: News
HEALA: Act against Big Food tactics that target kids
As the South African commemorates Child Protection Week activists call for policy framework that protects children from harmful marketing by Big Food industry.
Posted in: Opinion & Profiles
Award for HEALA advocate
Tracey Malawana, the founder of the Healthy Living Alliance (HEALA), was last night presented with the 2018 PHILA Emerging Practitioner Award by the Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA).
Posted in: Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
Health-e and Heala on the Tekano team
Both organisations are represented among the first group of Tekano fellows recently announced in South Africa.
Posted in: News
HEALA working hard to keep South Africans healthy
With diabetes recently identified as the number one killer of South African women and the second in men, the Healthy Living Alliance (Heala) has embarked on efforts to educate people on the dangers of the disease.
SA’s shady food industry tactics puts ‘profit before people’
Researchers looking into the influence of the food and beverage industry on South Africa’s policy-making state that “increased transparency, disclosure, and awareness of industry strategies,” is needed to stop undue influence on the country’s public health programmes and policies.
Posted in: News
South Africans support Health Promotion Levy after successful mass media campaign
Public backing for government interventions to combat South Africa’s obesity epidemic increased significantly during the period where a national mass media campaign aired, according to Healthy Living Alliance, Health-e News Service, Vital Strategies and other organisations spearheading the campaign.
Posted in: News