Publications

Formative work

• Robyn Burton, Nadine Harker, Benjamin Kaneka, Frank Kyei-Arthur, Gemma Mitchell, Ogochukwu W. Odeigah, Charles Parry, Marieke Theron, Nazarius M. Tumwesigye, Assessing progress toward the World Health Organization’s Global action plan alcohol reduction target in Sub-Saharan Africa 2010–2019, International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 152, 2026, 105257, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105257.
• Burton R, Theron M, Semple S et al. Mind the gap: rethinking global alcohol metrics in high-abstention low-income and middle-income countries, The Lancet Global Health, 2025; 14, e152-e156, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00396-1
• Parry, Ph.D., C. (2025). Industry data on alcohol sales in South Africa between 1995 and 2022 and its value in detecting the impact of policy interventions. International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, 13(1), 12–20. https://doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.543
• Mumta Hargovan, Leslie London, Marsha Orgill, The influence of crisis on policy formulation: the case of alcohol regulation in South Africa during COVID-19 (2020–21), Health Policy and Planning, Volume 39, Issue 7, August 2024, Pages 753–770, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czae055
• Parry, C.D.H. (2023). A timely piece of global relevance, but shouldn’t we move towards more real-world studies of the effect of multiple policy interventions and ongoing monitoring of alcohol policy impacts? Addiction. DOI:10.1111/add.16282
• Gibbs, N.K., Angus, C., Dixon, S. Parry, C.D.H., & Meier, P.S. (2023). Stakeholder Engagement in the Development of Public Health Economic Models: An Application to Modelling of Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol in South Africa. Appl Health Econ Health Policy. https://url.za.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/GMpPC3lr5wimE68xQUqhRcQ1v_y
• Casswell, S., Byron, K., Callinan, S., Petersen Williams, P., Sengee, G., Huckle, T., Parry, C. et al. (2022). Benchmarking alcohol policy based on stringency and impact: The International Alcohol Control (IAC) Policy Index. PLOS Global Public Health, 2(4): e0000109. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000109
• Matzopoulos R, Cois A, Probst C, Parry CDH, Vellios N, Sorsdahl K, Joubert J, Pillay-van Wyk V, Bradshaw D, Pacella R, South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group*. 2022. Estimating the burden of disease attributable to alcohol in South Africa, 2000-2012. South African Medical Journal 112(8b): 662–675, https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/samj/article/view/223
• Cois, A., Matzopoulos, R., Pillay-van Wyk, V. et al. Bayesian modelling of population trends in alcohol consumption provides empirically based country estimates for South Africa. Population Health Metrics 19, 43 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-021-00270-3.
• Milsom, P., Smith, R., Baker, P. et al. International investment liberalization, transnational corporations and NCD prevention policy non-decisions: a realist review on the political economy of tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed food. Global Health 17, 134 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-021-00784-3
• Parry, C.D.H., Trangenstein, P.J., Erasmus, J., Diedericks, A., & Harker, N. (2021). Developing indicators to measure the implementation of the Western Cape alcohol harms reduction strategy in South Africa. African Journal of Drug & Alcohol Studies, 20(2), 93-117. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajdas/article/view/242347
• Morojele, N.K, Dumbili, E.W., Obot, I.S., & Parry, C.D.H. (2021). Alcohol consumption, harms and policy developments in sub-Saharan Africa: the case for stronger national and regional responses. Drug & Alcohol Review, 40, 002-419. DOI: 10.1111/dar.13247, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dar.13247
• Walls H, Cook S, Matzopoulos R, London L. Advancing alcohol research in low-income and middle-income countries: a global alcohol environment framework. BMJ Global Health. 2020; 5:e001958. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001958

• Adam Bertscher, Leslie London, Marsha Orgill, Unpacking policy formulation and industry influence: the case of the draft control of marketing of alcoholic beverages bill in South Africa, Health Policy and Planning, Volume 33, Issue 7, September 2018, Pages 786–800, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czy049