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Special issue: Readiness for Sugar Sweetened Beverage Taxation in Sub-Saharan Africa

The legal feasibility of adopting a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in seven sub-Saharan African countries

Safura Abdool Karima SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - Priority Cost Effective Lessons for Systems Strengthening (PRICELESS SA), School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Agnes Erzsea SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - Priority Cost Effective Lessons for Systems Strengthening (PRICELESS SA), School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9303-9323View further author information
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Anne-Marie Thowb Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Director of Academic Titles, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6460-5864View further author information
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Hans Justus Amukugoc Community Health Department, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Namibia, Windhoek, NamibiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0512-4144View further author information
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Charles Ruharad School of Economics, University of Rwanda, Butare, RwandaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0946-8318View further author information
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Gemma Ahaibwee Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Makerere University, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Gershim Asikif Health and Systems for Health Unit, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, KenyaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9966-1153View further author information
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Mulenga M. Mukanug Health Policy and Management Unit, School of Public Health, University of Zambia, Lusaka, ZambiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1207-0925View further author information
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Twalib Ngomah Oncology of the Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) and Oncology Department, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar Es Salaam, TanzaniaView further author information
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Article: 1884358 | Received 01 Apr 2020, Accepted 27 Jan 2021, Published online: 20 Apr 2021

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Ntombizodwa Ndlovu & Boyd Swinburn. (2021) Readiness for sugar sweetened beverage taxation in sub-Saharan Africa. Global Health Action 14:1.
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