Empowering Africa's Tobacco Control
Championing Evidence-Based Strategies for a Tobacco-Free Future
Our Mission and Vision
The Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA) is dedicated to empowering African nations to implement effective tobacco control strategies. Our mission is to provide evidence-based support to governments, fostering policy development, research, and capacity building. Established in collaboration with key partners like WHO and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CTCA strives to reduce tobacco use across the continent through strategic initiatives and partnerships.
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...
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...
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,...
CTCA and ACBF launch first ever Africa tobacco control conference
Tobacco control policies used in African countries have mostly been informed by research designed and conducted to answer questions to provide solutions for developed settings. Very few policies are is based on tobacco control research generated by researchers on the...
TCRA research: Ugandan researcher looks into why teenagers in local slums are smoking
Across the globe researchers have noted that in tobacco control studies young people must be prioritized to ensure that there is a productive young population. The challenge is that in Uganda there are a limited number of studies that...
COVID-19 has offered us an unexpected opportunity to help more people quit smoking
Smokers are worried. A respiratory disease is running rampant across the globe and people with unhealthy lifestyle habits appear to be especially vulnerable. We know smokers hospitalised with COVID-19 are more likely to become severely unwell and die than non-smokers...
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