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HEALTH TOBACCO CONTROL TOBACCO
Smoking: Africa fights back
Determined to prevent disaster, Senegal is taking the lead in the war against tobacco.
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Opening Access to Economic Data to Prevent Tobacco and Alcohol Related Diseases in Africa
This project will increase awareness and access to economic and policy data for tobacco and alcohol-related policies in sub-Saharan Africa among researchers, policymakers, and public health advocates.
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Smoke-Free Worksites and Public Spaces in Cameroon
Existing data indicate a tobacco epidemic of the first order in Africa, but the rapid increase in tobacco consumption continues.
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Zambia Tobacco Control Campaign
The looming tobacco epidemic and its potential for thwarting development has prompted most governments in sub-Saharan Africa to ratify the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC).
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African Tobacco Situational Analysis : Development Grants
IDRC's Research for International Tobacco Control (RITC) is partnering with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) in the African Tobacco Situational Analyses (ATSA), an initiative to understand the critical determinants for tobacco contro
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Taxation of Tobacco Products in West Africa
In December 2007, Research for International Tobacco Control (RITC) undertook an initiative to understand the critical factors that determine the success of the anti-tobacco campaign in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Tobacco and Poverty in Niger
The majority of African countries South of Sahara are at the first stage of the tobacco epidemic, but tobacco consumption is increasing rapidly.
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African Tobacco Situational Analyses (ATSA) in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania
The looming tobacco epidemic and its potential for thwarting the development process has prompted most governments in sub-Saharan Africa to ratify the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC).
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Tobacco Control Strategies in Mauritius
The looming tobacco epidemic and its potential for thwarting development has prompted most governments in sub-Saharan Africa to ratify the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC).
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How to access funding for non-communicable disease prevention in Africa? The case of Ghana
Ghana needs to know more about available funding for tobacco control, and how such funding might help to prevent and control non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the country.