Tobacco Control in Africa - TCA

Global Alliance On Tobacco Control Gains Momentum

This article by kemo Cham, journalist from Gambia who was attending COP3.
Via All Africa.com

Lanre Onigbogi: "They may have unlimited resources, but we have unlimited enthusiasm"

From this article published in the Christian Science Monitor about COP3.

African farmers turn backs on tobacco

Most African farmers grow tobacco because they are poor and lack alternative ways to earn a living, but with encouragement, many Tanzanian farmers are giving the killer crop the cold-shoulder.

This is according to Lutgard Kagaruki, from the Tanzania Tobacco Control Forum, who addressed a panel at the World Health Organisation's tobacco control conference in Durban this week.

Source: IOL The Star (Johannesburg)

Abuja Declaration

This communiqué was issued at the end of the Africa regional strategy workshop on tobacco control organized by FCA in Abuja from september 4 to 6, 2008.

African NGOs call for tough measures on Tobacco

A group of tobacco control advocates from 22 African countries meeting in Abuja have called on African delegation attending the WHO conference of the parties to the FCTC holding in Durban south Africa this November to adopt the strongest possible guidelines on Articles 5.3 11, and 13 of the FCTC.

Getting ready for COP 3

Here are the FCTC preparatory documents already available (unfortunately only in pdf) for the preparation of COP 3 that wil ltake place in Durban (November 17-22).

Provisional Agenda  in english et ici en français