by Candice | Sep 11, 2020 | News, News
Less than half of the of governments on the continent have included tobacco cessation services in their COVID-19 response plans. This is according to an assessment done by the World Health Organisation. The global health body carried out the assessment on the...
by Candice | Aug 18, 2020 | News, News, Zambia
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...
by CTCA | May 31, 2020 | News, News
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...
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 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...
