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

The political economy of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: an analysis from seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa

Anne Marie Thowa Menzies Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Safura Abdool Karimb SAMRC/Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - Priority Cost Effective Lessons for Systems Strengthening (PRICELESS SA), Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mulenga M. Mukanuc Health Policy and Management Unit, University of Zambia School of Public Health, Lusaka, ZambiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1207-0925View further author information
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Gemma Ahaibwed Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Makerere University, Kampala, UgandaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2153-2028View further author information
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Milka Wanjohie Health and Systems for Health Unit, Nairobi, KenyaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4289-4762View further author information
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Lebogang Gaoganef Department of Health Promotion & Education, Boitekanelo College, Gaborone, BotswanaView further author information
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Hans Justus Amukugog 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 Mulindabigwi Ruharah School of Economics, University of Rwanda, Butare, RwandaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0946-8318View further author information
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Twalib Ngomai Economic Social Research Foundation (ESFR), Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaView further author information
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Gershim Asikie Health and Systems for Health Unit, Nairobi, KenyaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9966-1153View further author information
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Agnes Erzseb SAMRC/Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - Priority Cost Effective Lessons for Systems Strengthening (PRICELESS SA), Faculty of Health Sciences, 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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Karen Hofmanb SAMRC/Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - Priority Cost Effective Lessons for Systems Strengthening (PRICELESS SA), Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9512-7220View further author information
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Article: 1909267 | Received 03 Apr 2020, Accepted 23 Mar 2021, Published online: 20 Apr 2021

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