Tobacco Control in Africa - TCA

Ethiopia drafts stringiest tobacco control laws

In a bid to prevent the public from a devastating health consequences attributed to tobacco products, the Ethiopian government is set to introduce a stringent law that will restrict the tobacco industry from having any interference and interaction with government officials mainly responsible for the adoption of public health policy and implementations.

About the situation in Ethiopia

An opinion piece published in Addis Fortune by public health lawyer Derejes Shimeles. The problem with the privatization and smuggling data provided by the industry.

Links to the factsheets for the most recent GATS done by CDC in Africa

GATS Nigeria 2012

 

GATS Cameroon 2013

 

GATS Uganda 2013

 

GATS Kenya 2014

 

GATS Senegal 2015

 

GATS Ethiopia 2016

 

First Global Adult Tobacco Survey in Ethiopia

Funded by the Gates Foundation, the results of the First Global Adult Tobacco Survey in Ethiopia were released on October 31, 2017.

Ethiopia: Dirty deals between government and big tobacco

Here.

CTCA Phase 2 (2015 -2017): 5 target countries

Details here

$ 84,962 for an Anglophone Lawyers Seminar in Addis Ababa

Recent grant noted on the Bloomberg Initiative website: $84,962 for The Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) to support a 5-day Seminar for English-speaking African lawyers in Addis Ababa on the FCTC and the drafting and implementation of effective tobacco control legislation.

Ethiopia: National Tobacco Company wants to modernize

An interesting article from Addis-Fortune about the National Tobacco Company that wants to modernize its equipment and a description of the present tobacco market in Ethiopia.

Women Testify About Tobacco Farming in Ethiopia and Kenya

TESTIMONY - Presented by International Network of Women Against Tobacco
(INWAT) and the International Alliance of Women (IAW).
For the WHO hearings February 26, Brasilia, in connection with the WHO
Study group meeting on alternative crops (27-28 February), Brasilia.
Hadda Wolde Giorgis, Deputy Director of the Centre for Human Environment in
Ethiopia and Litha Musyimi-Ogana from Kenya.