Here is an interesting post by Reuters blogger Felix Salmon. I wish the Gates Foundation would realize that compensating African journalists to write stories (and produce radio shows as radio is such an important medium in Africa) about tobacco control would be the most cost effective way to raise the awareness and support advocacy about those issues.
A capacity building workshop on tobacco control for journalists and NGO members was held in Freetown, Sierra Leone on 27th and 28th June 2011. The overall objective of the training was to give participants the tools to make good use of media in advocating for tobacco control in Sierra Leone. Organized by the African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) and the African Tobacco Control Regional Initiative (ATCRI) with the financial support of Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK), this workshop was held in the framework of the implementation of the project on “Building Media Capacity for Tobacco Control in seven African countries.” This project is implemented by ATCA for over a year now and has already enabled the training of more than 210 journalists and members of NGOs in seven African countries.
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- WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY 2011 IN TOGO: A CONFERENCE MARKED THE EVENT
The World No Tobacco Day 2011 was marked this Tuesday, May 31, 2011 in Togo by a conference with debate on the theme of the day which is “The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).” Organized by The African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA), the Alliance Nationale des Consommateurs et de l’Environnement (ANCE-Togo), and the Journalists Network for Tobacco Control in Togo (REJAT), the conference with debate which was held at Hotel IBIS in Lome, aimed at raising awareness of policy makers about the need to implement the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
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- Journalists and NGOs training in Gabon, 15th-16th March 2011.
In the framework of the implementation of the project on building media capacity on tobacco control, the African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) with the financial support of the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK) is still organizing workshops in african countries. The journalists and NGOs training in Gabon was held at the head office of the Gabonese journalists Network for Population from the 15th to 16th March 2011. 18 journalists and 8 NGO members attended this workshop. The opening ceremony was presided over by the tobacco control Focal Point at the Gabonese Ministery of Health, Dr. Alphonse Louma Eyougah. He reminded participants that Gabon ratified the FCTC in 2009 and a tobacco control bill is actually being prepared. For this bill to be passed by the parliament there is a need of strong advocacy campaigns.
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- Journalists and NGOs training in Uganda, 22nd-23rd February 2011
In Uganda, the journalists and NGOs worksop was held in Grand Imperial Hotel in Kampala from the 22nd to 23rd February 2011. There were 19 journalists and 10 NGO members. At the opening of the training, Dr. Shiela Ndwanabandi, Focal Point for tobacco control at the Ugandese ministery of Health thanked ATCC for this project which will surely enhance the quality of tobacco control actions in Uganda. She invited participants to carefully pay attention to all the presentations so as to enhance their knowledge in tobacco control.
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- ATCA HAS SENT A HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION TO ZAMBIA
With the financial support of the Norwegian Cancer Society (NCS), the African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) has send a high level delegation to Lusaka, Zambia from 15th to 17th of February 2011 to meet the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) authorities, health authorities, WHO representative, journalists and other TC stakeholders of the region. This delegation lobbied the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) authorities on the need to implement and enforce the articles 9 and 10 of the FCTC.
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- African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) is training journalists and tobacco control advocates in seven african countries
Thanks to a financial support from the Campaign for Tobacco Free-Kids (CTFK), ATCA is implementing a 2 year project to train journalists and tobacco control advocates in 7 countries in Africa on the use of media for tobacco control. The title of the project is: “Building media capacity for tobacco control in 7 countries in Africa”. The project aims at building media capacity for tobacco control so as to increase the quantity and quality of tobacco control stories in the targeted 7 African countries. Four workshops have already been held last year in Botswana, Sénégal, DRC and Ethiopia. These workshops will be organized in three other countries this year.
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- Journalists and NGOs training in Senegal, 5th-6th October 2010
In Sénégal, the workshop was held at Hotel Faidherbe in Dakar on the 5th and 6th October 2010. Eighteen (18) journalists and twelve (12) NGO members attended the workshop. At the opening of the training, Mr Oumar NDAO, focal point for tobacco control actions in the Senegalese Ministry of Health thanked ATCC for this project which will surely enhance the quality of tobacco control actions in Senegal. And the objectives of the workshop were presented to participants
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