BY BILKE MULENGA, Department of Health, Zambia John Mayeya will be remembered as a gallant solider of public health, mental health services and tobacco control. Mayeya passed on tragically and suddenly on August 8, 2020 after succumbing to...
PRESS RELEASE KAMPALA, Uganda, June 26, 2020/ -- The Center for Tobacco Control in Africa notes with concern the cash boost from tobacco giant Japan Tobacco International to the Zambian government in support of the country’s fight against COVID-19. Media...
Bontle Mbongwe, University of Botswana The 2020 World No Tobacco Day is unique and historic as it comes at the time when countries across the world are on lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For Botswana the day is particularly poignant. The country has banned...
Sam Filby, University of Cape Town and Corné van Walbeek, University of Cape Town Tobacco use kills more than 8 million people each year. Most adult smokers start smoking before the age of 20. This implies that if one can get through adolescence without smoking, the...
Some of Africa's Tobacco Control Focal Points to share their experiences Various studies from across the globe have shown that tobacco use -- and smoking in particular -- is a risk factor for COVID-19. Smokers who contract COVID-19 have been shown to have severe...
ACROSS the world countries have become united in their quests to conquer the deadly and rapidly spreading coronavirus. Governments, businesses, researchers, civil society and the media are working towards a solution to the pandemic that can eventually see citizens...
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