About Jackie and HERO-Uganda

Who is Jackie Tumwine?
What is HERO-UGANDA?  

Jackie Tumwine is a lawyer and tobacco control advocate. She is the founder and Executive Director of Health and Environmental Rights Organisation (HERO-Uganda)-an NGO active in tobacco control in Uganda. Jackie’s research interests include tobacco and human rights, tobacco and children, smoke-free legislation, media advocacy and tobacco control policy. Jackie has participated in several national and international conferences and workshops including presenting a paper at the just concluded 13th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, July 2006, Washington DC.

Health and Environmental Rights Organisation is a Non-Governmental Organization whose aim is to protect and promote the right to health and the right to a clean and healthy environment through research, advocacy and sensitization. HERO-UGANDA’s current tobacco control activities include media advocacy for the ratification the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, for enforcement of smoke free public places, stronger warning labels and introduction of ad bans. Through its media advocacy initiatives, HERO-UGANDA adds tobacco control to the agenda of international days e.g. International Human Rights Day, Women’s’ day etc.

As a member of the Framework Convention Alliance (FCA), HERO-UGANDA was present at the first Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), Geneva, 2006. HERO-UGANDA is also a member of Globalink, Global Partnerships for Tobacco Control (GPTC), Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT) and the Uganda Tobacco or Health Forum.