This Science Digest unpacks a powerful case study of how Malawi banned alcohol sachets in the face of strong alcohol industry opposition. Drawing on the Advocacy Coalition Framework, the research reveals how public health advocates, faith leaders, and communities outmaneuvered a profit-driven coalition through strategic framing, coalition-building, and persistence.
The story offers timely lessons on how people-powered advocacy can overcome industry interference and drive alcohol policy change in low-income settings.
