Tobacco Control in Africa - TCA

Is vaping a potential killer or a useful aid? Different South African points of view

This article by Marika Sboros in Business Day compares the points of view of South African health professionals: Pamela Naidoo, Derek Yach and Richard Van Zyl Smit .

Twitter chats proposed by CASA

Visit CASA on twitter to discuss with Samrat Chowdhery (here the THR-rendezvous posted in 2018). I also recommend the long twitter chat with Clive Bates that took place on May 15. I only found about it today as he reposted it on his blog. Titled Rethinking tobacco and nicotine, it includes several points about Africa.

World No Tobacco Day 2019 Awards for Africa

Here are the "winners"

Every year, WHO recognizes individuals or organizations in each of the six WHO Regions for their accomplishments in the area of tobacco control. This recognition takes the form of WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award and World No Tobacco Day Awards.

Nota: I could not find any details about the accomplishments that justified the awards attributed...

WHO Director-General Special award

• His Excellency the Minister of Health Professor Kane Boubacar, Islamic Republic of Mauritania
• His Excellency the Minister of Health Dr Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

African Region awardees

• Dr Edumbadumba Egdula Pierre César, National Parliament, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• The House of People’s Representatives of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
• Ministry of Health and Quality of Life, Republic of Mauritius
• Dr Ana da Conceição dos Passos Mamede Graça, National Institute Against Drugs, Republic of Angola
• Mr Peter Unekwu-Ojo Friday, Executive Director, Cedar Refuge Foundation, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Meharry Medical College starts using Juul's funding for survey

Here the July 23 press release. Have you read the first post about this $7.5 million grant awarded by Juul? Here.

$ 3million for 20 Scholarships grants for students from Malawi funded by the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World

The Foundation announced the new program on July 22, 2019. You can read here the press release and we also reproduced the text below. I emailed Nicole Bradley about the budget (not mentioned in the press release): she replied this is a three year, $3 million program. The deadline to apply is October 17, 2019.

The grants are managed by the US based Institute for International Education.

BAT to invest in a nicotine pouches plant in Kenya

Here the link to the article by Julie Owino for Capital Business.