2017 GH Sesi 6 YM International Trade in Health Services 2

Commercial determinants of NCDs in
low- and middle-income countries
Yodi Mahendradhata

Obesity prevalence*
35

30

25

20

15

10

5

0
USA


Mexico

South Africa

UK

*http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?v=2228

Australia

Canada

Germany

Belgium

Brazil

Malaysia


Indonesia

Diabetes prevalence (age 20-79)*
14

12

10

8

6

4

2

0
Mexico


Singapore

Canda

USA

South Africa

India

Brazil

*http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/indicators/SH.STA.DIAB.ZS/rankings/

China

Germany

Bangladesh


Indonesia

Sugar consumption per person per day*
140

120

100

80

60

40

20

0
USA


Mexico

Canada

France

Japan

Brazil

South Africa

Malaysia

Thailand

Philippines

Indonesia


*https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/02/05/where-people-around-the-world-eat-the-most-sugarand-fat/

Per capita consumption of Coca-Cola*
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Mexico

USA

Australia

South Africa


Brazil

Germany

Japan

France

Thailand

China

Indonesia

http://www.statista.com/statistics/271156/per-capita-consumption-of-soft-drinks-of-the-coca-cola-company-by-country/

Coca cola tweets
15,3 million per year
41,900 per day


1,747 per hour

Increasing consumption of processed food
and soft drinks in Asia*

*Baker et al (2014)






119 countries
35,000 outlets
US$ 27,5 billion in revenue
68 million customers daily

• 118 countries
• 18,875 outlets

• US$23 billion in sales

Komposisi:
Seasoning (Salt, Monosodium Glutamate, Garlic
Powder, Spice Extractives, Onion Powder), Soy Protein
Concentrate, Rice Starch and Sodium Phosphates.
Battered With: Water, Wheat Flour, Leavening (Sodium
Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate,
Monocalcium Phosphate), Salt, Dextrose, Monosodium
Glutamate, Spice and Onion Powder. Predusted With:
Wheat Flour, Wheat, Gluten, Salt, Dried Egg Whites,
Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium
Bicarbonate), Monosodium Glutamate, Spice and
Onion Powder. Breaded With: Wheat Flour, Salt, Soy
Flour, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium
Bicarbonate), Monosodium Glutamate, Spice, Nonfat
Dry Milk, Onion Powder, Dextrose, Extractives of
Turmeric and Extractives of Annatto. Breading Set in
Vegetable oil.


Komposisi:
Enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley
flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate,
riboflavin, folic acid), water, high fructose corn syrup
and/or sugar, yeast, soybean oil and/or canola oil,
contains 2% or less of the following: salt, wheat gluten,
calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, ammonium sulfate,
ammonium chloride, dough conditioners (may contain
one or more of the following: sodium stearoyl lactylate,
datem, ascorbic acid, azodicarbonamide, mono- and
diglycerides, ethoxylated monoglycerides, monocalcium
phosphate, enzymes, guar gum, calcium peroxide),
sorbic acid, calcium propionate and/or sodium
propionate (preservatives), soy lecithin.

Tactics of the corporations
Political

Public
relations


Product

Finance

Extra
legal

1 Peso per liter sales tax on sugary beverages ->
10% price increase of soft drinks

Estimated and counterfactual volumes of taxed
beverages purchased per capita in Mexico, 2014–15
(Cochero et al 2017)

Policy options to minimize exposure
to sugary drinks (Popkins and Hawkes 2016)
• Taxation
• Restrictions of availability in schools
• Marketing restrictions
• Public awareness campaigns
• Front-of-pack labelling
• Reformulation and portion size reduction
• Substitutes for sugar-sweetened beverages

A policy agenda for a movement for a healthier future
(Freudenberg 2014)

• E pa d co su ers’ right to k ow a d corporatio s’ dut to
disclose the health consequences of corporate practices and
products
• Require corporations to pay for the health and environmental
consequences of their products and practices
• Establish global health standards for product design and marketing
• Restore public ownership of science and technology
• Restore the visible hand of government in public health protection
• Prevent corporations from using their money and power to
manipulate democratic processes

Strategies to promote global health?
Medical
intervention

Lifestyle
modification

Changing
corporate
practice!

Digital activism: the practice of using digital
technology for political and social change

Goal of
Social/
political
change

Digital
technology

Digital
activism

Top tools for digital activism
Tool

Uses

Brands

Social network

• Interact with supporters
• Share short news
• First contact

Facebook

Blog

• Interact with supports
• Share longer analysis
• Gain influence

Blogger
Wordpress

Micro-blog

• Interact with supports
• Share shorter analysis
• Gain influence

Twitter

Email group

• Internal coordination

Google
Yahoo

SMS

• Inviting people to events

Mobile phones

Video

• Getting attention with emotion

YouTube
Vimeo

Digital activism for NCD prevention
Create
awareness for
NCD prevention

Shape public
opinion on NCD
prevention

Plan action for
NCD prevention
campaign

Prioritize NCD
prevention

Mobilize action
for NCD
prevention

Affirm
communities of
NCD activists

Take action for
NCD prevention

Commercial determinants of health
“trategies and approaches used by the private
sector to promote products and choices that are
detri e tal to health
Kickbusch et al 2016

Challenges for global health community*
• Marketing by multinational corporations (MNCs) presents a major
threat to public health; children are especially vulnerable
• MNCs’ arketi g threatens our physical and mental wellbeing,
exacerbates inequalities, and encourages unsustainable consumption
• Global health community should take a lead in addressing these
issues, revitalise its upstream, political functions, and regain its role as
a champion of the underprivileged
*Ref: Hastings (2012)

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