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Rendez-vous 180, March 1, 2010 with Vinayak Prasad, Senior Adviser for WHO's Africa initiative

Vinayak Prasad 003 Rendez-vous with Vinayak Prasad, Senior Adviser for WHO's Africa initiative.

Thank you Vinayak for taking the time to be with us today.

May I ask you to introduce yourself by giving us some background (educational, professional) information about yourself and by telling us how, when and why you got involved in tobacco control.

Vinayak Prasad: : Let me thank you for giving me this opportunity to discuss the WHO project for Africa. My Background: I joined the WHO Tobacco Free Initiative in Dec 2009 to work on the Gates Africa project.

I was working with the Government of India for the past 20 years in different capacities in the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Health. Some of my initial years were spent in working with Indian Customs, working on trade facilitation and strengthening capacity to tackle illicit trade.

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March 01, 2010 in 2010, Africa, budget, Gates Foundation, India, Prasad, Vinayak, WHO | Permalink | Comments (0)

Judith Mackay

Rendez-vous 148
December 20, 2002

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Judith is Director of the Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control
Hong Kong

Thank you Judith for accepting our rendez-vous. May I ask you to introduce yourself?

Judith Mackay: My name is Judith Longstaff Mackay. I have lived in Hong Kong since 1967, initially working as a hospital physician, then since 1984 concentrating on tobacco control. I am currently the Director of the Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control, and Senior Policy Advisor to World Health Organisation on tobacco issues.

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May 07, 2006 in 2002, China, Mackay, Judith, WHO, WOMEN | Permalink | Comments (0)

Judith Mackay

RENDEZ-VOUS 77
Friday, August 11 2000

Nota: I met with Judith Mackay during the 11th world conference on Tobacco or Health in Chicago. A slightly different version of this interview was published in the daily journal of the conference (in the August 11th issue). We have had one previous rendez-vous with Judith on February 12, 1999.

Thank you Judith for accepting our rendez-vous. May I ask you to introduce yourself?
 

Judith Mackay : I have lived in Hong Kong since 1967, initially working
as a hospital physician in university and government hospitals. In 1984 I left hospital medicine to concentrate on preventive rather than curative health, in particular tobacco control.

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May 03, 2006 in 2000, China, Hong Kong, Mackay, Judith, WHO, WOMEN | Permalink | Comments (0)

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