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Uganda makes COVID-19 risk messages available in local languages
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...
Uganda’s Health Ministry hosts a COVID-19 and tobacco webinar for journalists
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...
Developing a tobacco control roadmap in The Gambia
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...
CTCA and Uganda Health Ministry bring together tobacco control stakeholders
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 efforts in The Gambia gets a boost
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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Request for Expression of interest to develop consultant to design the branding and corporate identity for the 1st Africa Conference on Tobacco and Development Introduction: The Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA) is a Uganda based organisation that...
Niger hosts a COVID-19 and tobacco control conference for the youth
Niger’s young people have been given a clear strong message on the dangers of smoking during the COVID-19 pandemic. While there were various ways to reduce their risk, the bst solution was to quit smoking altogether. The messages were delivered during a conference...
The Gambia launches a COVID-19 campaign
Mobile caravans that drove across the countries, posters, stickers, T-shirts, messages on radio and TV and an article in the local newspapers. These are the initiatives that The Gambian health Department engaged in to tell locals the dangers of smoking during the...
Planting the seeds of alternative crop success in Zambia
The Zambian government is making great progress in convincing tobacco farmers to farm in alternative crops to tobacco. Tobacco farming comes with a series of health risks. Tobacco cultivation also has serious negative effects on the environment and often,...
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