Discovered on their site but it does not give much details about what it is precisely about, what the budget is, who the African partners are, etc.
Expanding
Fiscal Policies for Global and National Tobacco Control
Project
#: 106412
Start
Date: 2011/02/16
Duration: 24
#: 106412
Start
Date: 2011/02/16
Duration: 24
Fiscal
policy - the use of government spending and revenue generation powers - is a
powerful tool available to governments in the struggle to control the tobacco
epidemic. Examples of fiscal policy include implementing appropriate tobacco
taxes, establishing effective tobacco control budgets and tapping into the
tobacco economy to raise funds for public health. Yet there are knowledge gaps
and structural barriers that hinder the development of effective fiscal policies
to reduce tobacco use, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Few
countries have set tobacco tax rates with health outcomes in mind. Fewer still
have invested optimally in tobacco control or explored additional fiscal
measures to influence tobacco supply or demand. And, in the vast majority of
countries, there is a general lack of integration between fiscal and health
policies. This project aims to accelerate the adoption of effective fiscal
policies for public health by generating the knowledge needed by policymakers in
low- and middle-income countries to address tobacco control. It will do so by
identifying researchers working on tobacco control and/or innovative financing
mechanisms in low- and middle-income countries, and supporting short-term
targeted research projects. The project will be jointly management by the Global
Tobacco Control Forum (a coalition of eight Canadian tobacco control
nongovernmental organizations).
policy - the use of government spending and revenue generation powers - is a
powerful tool available to governments in the struggle to control the tobacco
epidemic. Examples of fiscal policy include implementing appropriate tobacco
taxes, establishing effective tobacco control budgets and tapping into the
tobacco economy to raise funds for public health. Yet there are knowledge gaps
and structural barriers that hinder the development of effective fiscal policies
to reduce tobacco use, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Few
countries have set tobacco tax rates with health outcomes in mind. Fewer still
have invested optimally in tobacco control or explored additional fiscal
measures to influence tobacco supply or demand. And, in the vast majority of
countries, there is a general lack of integration between fiscal and health
policies. This project aims to accelerate the adoption of effective fiscal
policies for public health by generating the knowledge needed by policymakers in
low- and middle-income countries to address tobacco control. It will do so by
identifying researchers working on tobacco control and/or innovative financing
mechanisms in low- and middle-income countries, and supporting short-term
targeted research projects. The project will be jointly management by the Global
Tobacco Control Forum (a coalition of eight Canadian tobacco control
nongovernmental organizations).
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IDRCOfficer: Leppan, Wardie
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