Participants from over thirty Anglophone and Francophone countries were meeting to discuss a strategy for tobacco control in Africa but where are the reports about it? We found (for now) only this snipet.
Source: Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
An expert in Tobacco Control in Africa, at
the Dr. Metshidiso Moeti says though there has been political
commitments in implementing conventions on Tobacco Control on the
continent there still remains a lot more to be done. She noted that
there is the need to accelerate the peer of strengthening the response
to tobacco control, to guarantee the health of the people. Dr. Moeti
who is the W.H.O. Director for Prevention and Control of Non
Communicable Diseases in Africa was speaking in an interview with Radio
Ghana, at a Regional Consultative Meeting in Accra.
Dr.
Moeti observed that challenges in tobacco control on the continent
concludes improving technical support, adoption of base practices,
experiences by signatory countries to the tobacco convention and
funding as well as public information and dissemination. She noted that
the good news is that even though Africa, faces a challenge in tobacco
control, there is a great deal of opportunity to improve measures, as
compared to the situation in Asia. Participants from over thirty
Anglophone and Francophone countries at the end of the meeting are
expected to develop a framework for effective tobacco control in Africa.
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