Optimised and coherent fiscal policies
Barbados has progressively strengthened its fiscal policy on sugar-sweetened beverages. In 2015, it introduced a 10% excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, at the time one of only a small number of countries to have adopted such a measure. In 2022, Barbados doubled the tax to 20%, bringing it in line with WHO recommendations and strengthening the government’s commitment to using fiscal policy to reduce NCD risk.
Concrete spending targets established
Not yet assessed
Strategic access levels to lower costs of medicines and devices
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Investment in/prioritisation of data and surveillance
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