Visiting the Bloomberg Initiative site I find that the Ugandan Ministry of Health was awarded $120K in September to develop a "national tobacco control strategic plan". See below for a few more details. As of today, according to the information available, $272.724 have been awarded in 2012 by the Initiative to 4 African projects. That's a big drop compared to the previous years. Most of the recipients are organizations that had already been funded: what about all the other groups and countries? Any support for Guinea where advocates just succeed in advancing a new Tobacco Control Act (in French) or Senegal where they keep pushing and communicating (also in French).
Developing a national tobacco control policy and comprehensive tobacco control legislation
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Program, Ministry of Health - Uganda
The aim of this project is to create a regulatory framework that will provide for coordinated tobacco control activities in Uganda. The project will develop a national tobacco control strategic plan and regulations, prepare the regulations for adoption by Parliament and prepare for the dissemination of the tobacco control policy, strategic plan and regulations. The project will collaborate with key partners such as the Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa, the Uganda National Tobacco Control Association, WHO, and other governmental and civil society stakeholders in achieving these objectives.
Country: Uganda
Focus: Tobacco Control Policy (general)
Amount: $120,000
Start Date: Sep 2012
End Date: Aug 2014
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