About us
CTCA was established in July 2011 by the World Health Organisation, with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The center provides technical and institutional support to governments in Africa with policy formulation, legislation and enforcement of tobacco control. It also helps to build and sustain the institutional capacity for tobacco control.
We offer technical, institutional and cross-sector support for tobacco control at national and regional levels.
CTCA was set up after the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control — the first global health treaty — was endorsed and ratified by member countries. As a result of the ratification, the WHO called for a regional centre of excellence to be created to spearhead tobacco control in Africa.
Vision
A tobacco free Africa
Mission
To enhance African governments’ capacity to formulate and implement Tobacco Control programs through partnerships and cooperation
Goal
To reduce the production and consumption of tobacco by supporting governments in implementing evidence-based tobacco control strategies in Africa
Our strategic objectives
To strengthen the capacity of countries in Africa to formulate and implement FCTC compliant programmes.
To mobilize human, material and financial resources for sustainable tobacco control in Africa
To promote evidence-based tobacco control policy formulation and program implementation
To promote partnerships for tobacco control at national, regional and international levels
To enhance CTCA’s ability to support capacity development in tobacco control