The governments in Africa recognizing that tobacco use is a growing epidemic strongly supported the adoption of the global treaty, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC). However, the effective implementation and domestication of the treaty has been slow for most countries in Sub Saharan Africa.

One of the reasons is the lack of resources, both technical and financial, and linked to it, the lack of capacity to advance effective tobacco control policies.

There are capacity gaps in tobacco control particularly in technical, institutional, cross-sector and cross- country aspects.

CTCA was set up by WHO to support governments in building their capacity to advanced tobacco control. The Centre’s capacity building efforts include country tobacco control capacity assessment and also aim at training human resources for policy action and for enforcement. CTCA is also working to build institutional and management capacity, provide technical toolkits, guidelines and best practices within governments to implement strong national tobacco control policies and programs that would lead to reducing tobacco consumption and the burden of disease.

In this section, CTCA provides the following resources;

• Training tool kits including the capacity assessment methodology, training materials, resource packs, and modules on the following topics:

Pictorial Health Warnings (PHWs), Tobacco Industry Monitoring, Data to Action.

The toolkits are available in English and French. You can also access reports on the ‘ Joint National Capacity Assessments on the Implementation of effective Tobacco Control Policies’ for Kenya and Uganda;

• The Methodology for preparing and conducting a joint Capacity Assessment, 
• Tobacco Industry Monitoring (TIM) Tool 
• Step by Step Guide to developing Pictorial Health Warnings 
• Data to Action Toolkit for Africa 

Uganda (Joint national capacity assessment on the implementation of effective tobacco control policies in Uganda)

Kenya (Joint National Capacity Assessments on the Implementation of effective Tobacco Control Policies in Kenya)