by Candice | Apr 15, 2020 | News, News
If Africa is going to stem the rising tide of tobacco use on the continent, the policy solutions that tobacco control advocates come up with need to be based on the realities of how the product is used on the continent. To ensure this becomes a reality, the...
by Candice | Apr 7, 2020 | News, News
As the COVID-19 caseload continues to rise, studies are starting show how smokers who contract the virus are more likely to suffer severe symptoms and even die. COVID-19 is the coronavirus outbreak that has crippled the globe, leading to more than 1.2 million cases...
by Candice | Mar 20, 2020 | News
In an effort to step up its tobacco control support to countries in Africa, The Center for Tobacco Control in Africa has brought two new technical assistants on board. Dr Roger Ciza and Dr Moumini Niaoné join the Center for Tobacco Control in Africa as technical...
by CTCA | Jan 31, 2019 | News
The Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a mobile application yesterday. The application will monitor compliance and violation of existing bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship...
by CTCA | Aug 30, 2017 | News, News
Mulago, Kampala- August 30, 2017 The outgoing dean of Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH), Prof. William Bazeyo has called for the transition of the School into a College, adding that the School has all the requirements to become one. Prof. Bazeyo was...
by CTCA | Jul 22, 2017 | News
The 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) is able to offer a number of free registrations to community volunteers or individuals affected by lung disease. Individuals from low- and middle-income countries will be given priority, as will those who are...
