Tobacco Control in Africa - TCA

Winners of the 2012 World No Tobacco Day Awards in the African Region

Every year, the World Health Organization recognizes individuals or organizations from its six regions for their accomplishments in the area of tobacco control such as research, capacity building, promotion of policy or legislation and advocacy to enhance tobacco control. The World No-Tobacco Day 2012 Award Winners from the African Region are:

• Brufut Lower Basic School: the Republic of the Gambia;
• Dr Toure Fatoumata Diallo: Association de lutte contre le tabac et autres stupéfiants au Mali (ALUTAS MALI), République du Mali ;
• Coalition Against Tobacco (CAT: the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
• Dr Abdoul Aziz Kasse: Ligue Sénégalaise contre le Tabac (LISTAB), République du Sénégal ;
• Dr Deo Sekimpi: Uganda National Association of Community and Occupational Health (UNACOH), the Republic of Uganda;
• Mr Tinashe Munjoma, Meikles Hotel: the Republic of Zimbabwe.

These six award winners will be recognized for their outstanding contribution to tobacco control in their respective countries

World No Tobacco Day 2012: the theme chosen is Tobacco industry interference

The World Health Organization (WHO) has selected  "tobacco industry interference" as the theme of the next World No Tobacco Day, which will take place on Thursday, 31 May 2012.