The Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA) has been applauded for the successful implementation its activities during the first phase of the project that ends July 2014. This was during a dissemination dinner held by the Centre on July 4, at the Serena Hotel in...
The first ever health cost study on tobacco use in Africa is set to be conducted in Uganda to generate African based evidence on the economic cost of tobacco use that can be used to guide planning for health care, as well as support policy development and...
Mauritania commemorated World No Tobacco Day on Sunday, June 1, 2014, under the global theme "Raise taxes on tobacco." The day’s activities were organized by the National Tobacco Control Program / Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the World Health...
Kampala, May 30, 2014: Uganda’s Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has reiterated the commitment of the Ministry of Health to supporting the tobacco control Bill, 2014, currently before the Parliamentary Committee of Health. Hon. Rugunda was on the morning of...
As countries and global partners commemorate World No Tobacco Day on May 31, 2014, WHO is calling on countries to raise taxes on tobacco so as to encourage users to stop, to prevent youth from initiation and other people from becoming addicted to tobacco.According to...
In line with this year’s World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) theme of increasing tobacco taxes, CTCA has supported its target countries to carry out activities for the day. The theme for this year’s WNTD is Raising Tobacco Taxes, under the slogan reduce tobacco use, save...
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