Summary of 15th UNIATF COVID-19 meeting

Overview

The objective was to: (i) present an overview of health taxes and how governments can correct for market failures to generate more revenues and improve health outcomes; (ii) explain the WHO country engagement on tobacco taxation using the case of Indonesia; (iii) showcase the health taxes in South Africa; (iv) discuss the collaborative health tax work of the UNIATF which informs policies that aim to reduce the worldwide burden of NCDs.