Empowering Africa's Tobacco Control
Championing Evidence-Based Strategies for a Tobacco-Free Future
Our Mission and Vision
The Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA) is dedicated to empowering African nations to implement effective tobacco control strategies. Our mission is to provide evidence-based support to governments, fostering policy development, research, and capacity building. Established in collaboration with key partners like WHO and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CTCA strives to reduce tobacco use across the continent through strategic initiatives and partnerships.
New date for 1st Africa Conference on Tobacco Control and Development
Across the world, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect us. Governments, institutions, and communities are all still grappling with the impact of this life-changing pandemic, finding a new norm. The 1st Africa Conference on Tobacco Control and...
The Gambia launches its second COVID-19 tobacco control caravan
As the coronavirus spreads across the continent, countries need to continue to encourage citizens to maintain the measures that protect them from getting the virus. This includes social distancing, wearing masks and washing their hands. Departments of Health also have...
Call for abstracts for first Africa Conference on Tobacco and Development now open
With the theme Tobacco Free Africa: An urgent call for joint action, the aim of the conference is to bring together all the tobacco control actors on the continent. The conference will run over four days from September 27 until 30. Over the four days, there...
Burkina Faso develops a national tobacco control programme
Reducing tobacco use in a country is only possible if a government has a plan on how they can tackle this problem. For governments, this means that they need a National Tobacco Control Programme, or an NTCP. An NTCP has four main purposes. It helps to prioritise...
Niger’s tobacco control committee gets a code of conduct
Article 5.3 of the World Health Organisations Framework Convention on Tobacco Control clearly sets out the rules of engagement that governments need to abide by in relation to the tobacco industry. The article was established to ensure that the tobacco industry has no...
Niger revises it’s national tobacco control programme
A National Tobacco Control Programme helps governments to develop a structured approach to tobacco control in their countries. It ensures that they have planned and budgeted for tobacco control and makes sure that the strategies chosen in a specific country are...
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