The participating countries will be Ethiopia, Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa, all of whom, with the exception of South Africa, have been partners with CPHA’s Strengthening of Public Health Association (SOPHA) Program. The purpose of the workshop will be:
1- to prepare an action strategy on tobacco control for public health associations in the East and Southern Africa region. This strategy will identify how public health associations can contribute to generating scientifically-sound data to advance the public health cause related to tobacco control, the utilization of this evidence base for advocacy strategies to promote the ratification and application of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) by national governments,
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to identify how public health associations can contribute to national
and regional monitoring of the application of the FCTC, and
3- to identify potential sources of funding in support of PHA activities in tobacco control.
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