The Kenyan government, in partnership with the CTCA, has developed a mapping tool to assess the opportunities for alternative livelihood in tobacco growing areas in Kenya. The tool is part of the Kenyan government’s plan to develop a strategy that encourages the...
Studies have shown that smokers who get COVID-19 have a higher risk of getting more severe symptoms and even face the risk of dying. This is why, when COVID-19 cases started being recorded in Africa, the CTCA took a decision to support COVID-19 and tobacco awareness...
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across Africa, and corporates fund the government's COVID-19 response it has become increasing important to ensure that the media, who are reporting on the virus, are aware of the dangers of corporates that compromise public health...
Over the last two decades The Gambia has put together a good collection of laws that encourage tobacco control. It has enacted the Tobacco Control Act and issued the Tobacco Control Regulations. It has ratified the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco...
The CTCA and the Uganda Ministry of Health held an engagement meeting to fastback tobacco control activities in the country. The meeting brought together the Ministry of Health Director General, the Commissioner of Non-Communicable Diseases, the Director of Curative...
Tobacco Control in The Gambia reached another milestone with new members being elected onto the National Tobacco Control Committee. A total of 32 new committee members were nominated by different ministries and departments and then appointed by the Ministry of...
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