Mission,Vision and Values

Vision: The vision of CTCA is to be a sustainable, leading centre of excellence in empowering and facilitating tobacco control to achieve a tobacco-free Africa.Mission: To pool evidence, build partnerships, mobilize resources, build capacity, and create tools to...

CTCA’s strategic Objectives

Four primary strategic objectives have been defined to guide the Centre’s operations:  Strategic Objective 1: Support CTCA institutional development and sustainability for implementation of Tobacco Control Policies and programs in Africa Strategic Objective 2: Support...

Background

Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death among adults. Every day, 13,000 people around the world die from tobacco related illness and disease. More than 600,000 deaths per year worldwide are caused by second-hand smoke alone, with women and children...