Awareness Raising to Control Unhealthy Food in Ethiopia through Effective Media Communication and Outreach in Ethiopia Project.
Intervention Area :
National Level
Partner :
Global Health Advocacy Incubator
This project is a media advocacy project that aims to create
awareness and galvanize support for the timely adoption of
the public health bill on unhealthy food control in Ethiopia
through an intensive media advocacy campaign. The project
also engaged in stakeholders’ capacity-building, and
advocacy campaigns targeting policymakers and the
general public in Ethiopia to ensure greater awareness of
the harms of unhealthy food and the importance of having a
proclamation with relevant measures. It also generated the
evidence necessary for action that includes, industry
monitoring, best practices documentation, and sharing. In
sum, this media advocacy project contributed to promoting
public health by tackling the health and economic burden of
NCD in Ethiopia by advocating for the unhealthy diet control
proclamation adoption. Because there is a strong link
between unhealthy diets and an increasing prevalence of
NCDs in Ethiopia. Given the speed at which diets are
transforming, global, regional, and country-specific policies
are urgently needed to avert the negative and costly
consequences for healthcare systems and societal wellbeing. Regulation of unhealthy diets actively leads to a
reduction of the burden of NCDs.
The Health, Development and Anti-malaria Association /HDAMA/ was established on August 23,1998 by Volunteers who were deeply concerned about the increasing problem of malaria and its high morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia. HDAMA has been officially registered as an indigenous NGO
Location
Address Kazanchis, Kirkos Sub-city Wereda 8 House Number-15/2-4 Very Close to Kirkos Sub City Police Station Previously Known as 6 Th Police Station